vSphere UI log files must be moved to a permanent repository in accordance with site policy.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-256806	SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163	VCUI-70-000029	SV-256806r889417_rule	2023-06-15	1

Description
vSphere UI produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic, forensics, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. vSphere UI syslog configuration is included by default as part of the VMware-visl-integration package. The shipping state of the configuration file must be verified and maintained. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000108-WSR-000166, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

Description

vSphere UI produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic, forensics, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. vSphere UI syslog configuration is included by default as part of the VMware-visl-integration package. The shipping state of the configuration file must be verified and maintained. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000108-WSR-000166, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

ℹ️ Check
At the command prompt, run the following command: # rpm -V VMware-visl-integration\|grep vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf\|grep "^..5......" If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log" Tag="ui-main" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log" Tag="ui-changelog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log" Tag="ui-dataservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log" Tag="ui-apigw" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log" Tag="ui-equinox" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log" Tag="ui-eventlog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/httpRequest.log" Tag="ui-httpRequest" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opid.log" Tag="ui-opid" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/osgi.log" Tag="ui-osgi" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log" Tag="ui-performanceAudit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log" Tag="ui-plugin-medic" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log" Tag="ui-threadmonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log" Tag="ui-threadpools" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log" Tag="ui-vspheremessaging" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log" Tag="ui-rpm" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime" Tag="ui-runtime" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access" Tag="ui-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc" Tag="ui-gc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot" Tag="ui-firstboot" Severity="info" Facility="local0")

✔️ Fix

Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log" Tag="ui-main" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log" Tag="ui-changelog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log" Tag="ui-dataservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log" Tag="ui-apigw" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log" Tag="ui-equinox" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log" Tag="ui-eventlog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/httpRequest.log" Tag="ui-httpRequest" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opid.log" Tag="ui-opid" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/osgi.log" Tag="ui-osgi" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log" Tag="ui-performanceAudit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log" Tag="ui-plugin-medic" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log" Tag="ui-threadmonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log" Tag="ui-threadpools" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log" Tag="ui-vspheremessaging" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log" Tag="ui-rpm" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime*" Tag="ui-runtime" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access*" Tag="ui-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc*" Tag="ui-gc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot*" Tag="ui-firstboot" Severity="info" Facility="local0")