The vCenter UI service must initiate session logging upon startup.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-259106 | VCUI-80-000013 | SV-259106r960888_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and as late as possible when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpected service starts and stops. Also, by starting to log immediately after a service starts, it becomes more difficult for suspicious activity to go unlogged. |
| STIG | Date |
| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance User Interface (UI) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-07-11 |
Details
| Check Text (C-62846r935220_chk) |
| At the command prompt, run the following command: # grep StreamRedirectFile /etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/vsphere-ui.json Expected output: "StreamRedirectFile" : "%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log", If no log file is specified for the "StreamRedirectFile" setting, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-62755r935221_fix) |
| Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/vsphere-ui.json Below the last line of the "PreStartCommandArg" block, add the following line: "StreamRedirectFile" : "%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log", Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart vsphere-ui |