Ensure journald service is active

MediumLevel 1Automatedlinux

Description

systemd-journald is the systemd journaling service that collects and stores system log data. It is a static, socket-activated unit that is always present as the initial collector of log events on a systemd-based system; it is started by systemd rather than enabled to start on boot.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

alt0() { command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: systemctl not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'systemctl is-active systemd-journald.service' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- active || { echo step1: missing active; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Run the following commands to unmask and start systemd-journald.service: # systemctl unmask systemd-journald.service # systemctl start systemd-journald.service

Properties

Operating systems: rocky-9
Tags: cis-convertedlinux
Reference: CIS Rocky Linux 9 Benchmark v3.0.0 - 6.1.1.1

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target linux