VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts STIG Version Comparison

There are 1 differences between versions v1 r1 (Oct. 31, 2023) (the "left" version) and v2 r1 (Aug. 1, 2024) (the "right" version).

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Title

The vCenter Perfcharts service host-manager webapp must be removed.

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command: # ls -l /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/host-manager If the manager host-manager folder exists or contains any content, this is a finding.

Discussion

Tomcat provides host management functionality through either a default host-manager webapp or through local editing of the configuration files. The host-manager webapp files must be deleted, and administration must be performed through the local editing of the configuration files.

Fix

At the command prompt, run the following command: # rm -rf /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/host-manager