Citrix XenServer Keywords

type

AUDIT_XE

description

This keyword gives a brief description of the check that is being performed. It is required that description field be unique and no two checks should have the same description field. This is required because SecurityCenter uses this field to auto generate a plugin ID number based on the description field.

Example:

description: "List running VMs"

info

This keyword allows users to add a more detailed description to the check that is being performed. Multiple info fields are allowed with no preset limit. The info content must be enclosed in double-quotes.

Example:

info: "The allocated virtual CPUs (VCPU) should be reviewed. Desired settings depend on workload and operating system type."

see_also

This keyword allows users to include links that might provide helpful information about a check.

Example:

see_also: "http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX137828"

reference

This keyword allows including cross references for audit checks.

Example:

reference: "PCI|2.2.3,SANS-CSC|1"

solution

The keyword provides text to include solution text to fix a compliance failure.

severity

This keyword allows users to set the severity of the check. The severity can be set to HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW.

Example:

severity: MEDIUM

cmd

This keyword specified the xe command being run on the target.

Example:

cmd: "/usr/bin/xe subject-list params=all"

regex

This keyword allows enumerating items that match a particular regex expression. If a check has “regex” keyword set, but no “expect” or “not_expect” keyword is set, then the check simply reports all items matching the regex.

Example:

regex: "power-state.+"

expect

If expect keyword is specified, then the check passes only if all results match the “expect” keyword. If a result does not match the expect keyword, then the check will fail with all the results that do not match the expect.

Example:

not_expect

If not_expect keyword is set, then the check the passes as long as none of the results match the not_expect regex.

Example:

ignore

This keyword allows ignoring/skipping certain items from the result.

Example: