Host must have time synchronization services enabled and running

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Description

Ensure the host has time synchronization services enabled and operational as many functions such as cryptography, audit logging, cluster operations, and incident response/forensics depend on synchronized time. Services like NTP or PTP should be configured to start with the host and remain running to maintain time synchronization. The audit requires NTP enabled with servers (esxcli system ntp get) and the ntpd service running (/etc/init.d/ntpd status). Runs in the ESXi Shell (busybox sh) as root.

Méthode de vérification

Méthode d'audit: Commande shell

shell

out=$(esxcli system ntp get 2>/dev/null) || exit 1
en=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | sed -n 's/^ *Enabled: *//p' | head -n 1)
srv=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | sed -n 's/^ *Servers\{0,1\}: *//p' | head -n 1)
[ "$en" = true ] && [ -n "$srv" ] || { echo "ntp enabled=$en servers=$srv"; exit 1; }
st=$(/etc/init.d/ntpd status 2>&1)
case "$st" in *'not running'*) echo 'ntpd is not running' ;; *running*) echo compliant ;; *) echo "ntpd status: $st" ;; esac

Sortie attendue: compliant

Méthode de correction

Méthode de correction: Recommandation ou correctif d'infrastructure

1. Configure approved NTP servers 2. Enable the NTP client firewall ruleset if required 3. Set the NTP service startup policy to start and stop with the host, and start the service. Example: esxcli system ntp set --enabled true after configuring approved servers. Verify synchronization after remediation.

Propriétés

Systèmes d'exploitation: Tous
Étiquettes: vmwareesxibase
Référence: CIS VMware ESXi 9.0 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 2.7 Host must have time synchronization services enabled and running

Vérifier cet hôte

Exécutez cette commande sur une machine que vous êtes autorisé à auditer. L'analyse est en lecture seule.

shell

tmaegis scan --target vmware