Lighttpd must be configured to use syslog.

From VMware vRealize Automation 7.x Lighttpd Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001851

SV-100987r1_rule Lighttpd must be configured to use syslog.

Vulnerability discussion

Writing events to a centralized management audit system offers many benefits to the enterprise over having dispersed logs. Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, enterprise analysis of events, and backup and archiving of event records enterprise-wide. The web server and related components are required to be capable of writing logs to centralized audit log servers.

Check content

At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep 'accesslog.use-syslog' /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf | grep -v ^# If the value for "accesslog.use-syslog" is not set to "enable" or is missing, this is a finding.

Fix text

Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf Configure the lighttpd.conf file with the following: accesslog.use-syslog = "enable"

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