Today we will install an ACDI Driver and connect it to ACDI.
First of all, we'll need to copy files from the Audit Driver folder
Files from the Server folder are to be copied to the machine where the IDM is installed.
Copy the files into:
/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib/dirxml/classes (Linux)
or
C:\NetIQ\Identity manager\NDS\lib (Windows)
An example Linux command would be something like:
scp root@acdip:/opt/acdi/AuditDriver/Server/* /opt/novell/eDirectory/lib/dirxml/classes/
After those files are copied, the IDM must be restarted.
Files from the Designer folder must be copied to the machine where the Designer is installed.
Later we will add these libraries to the Designer project.
Also, we'll need a keystore file with certificate or just the certificate which is used in the Audit Server. It's located in the ACDI certs.
The keystore we need is keystore.pfx. The installer automatically created this keystore and generated a self-signed certificate inside this keystore. It should be copied to the machine with IDM. Remember where it’s been copied, we will need it later when doing the driver settings. We used /opt/acdi
Now go to Designer to add the libraries copied in Step 1.
Open the project. Then right click on the Package Catalog and choose “Import package”.
Let’s click on “Browse” to select our packages.
Click Open and then on the next window OK.
The packages have been imported successfully.
Now let's create a Driver with the help of the following sequence of actions.
Right click on the Driver set . Then we will select New -> Driver.
Select SKyPRO ACDI Base and click Next
On the Select Optional features window, click Next
Now it’s time for driver configuration
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Driver Name | Just driver name nothing more :) |
Audit template | Enter the full path to your template.json (legacy) |
Audit License File | Full path to the file containing Audit Driver Licence key on your IDM Server. Leave blank if you use the Audit Driver along with the Audit Proxy and native OpenSearch. |
Audit Index prefix | Alias of writeble audit index. Can be found in Web UI in Administration->Data Connectors->Event Service(<your connection name>) Please don't change it if you don't know why you are doing it. |
Count of retries to fatal error | If driver loose connection to Audit Server, it will try to resend the audit message for the specified amount of times and then will be shutted down. |
Scroll down to see all the settings.
For Opensearch Server you must define your server. The URL must contain protocol, domain name, and port. If a reverse proxy isn't used, OpenSearch will be here in the URL as well.
For User set a user which has access to OpenSearch, default is “osadmin”. Also set a password for this user.
Lastly set the KeyStore filepath and its password (the one copied in Step 2)
Once done, the settings should look like this
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
ACDI Server and Opensearch endpoint | URL of your ACDi instance jncluding protocol, domain name, port and endpoint for OpenSearch |
OpenSearch document type name | Type of document which will be set in requests |
User | Credentials which will be user for authentication. This user must have entitlements to wright to OpenSearch |
Password | |
KeyStore Type | Type of keystore used to hold certificate. PKCS12 and JKS available |
KeyStore filepath | Full path to KeyStore |
KeyStore passphrase | Password for KeyStore |
Click Next. The following window is okay on defaults so click Next again.
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Save the Event XML document? | Save whole event xml document to view/use it in ACDI dashboards/reports |
Connected System | Value for the parameter "Connected System" which will be attached to event object. If you change this parameter, the dashboard called "NetIQ Audit Dashboard" will not work and should be reconfigured. |
Audit SYNC events | Defines if SYNC events will be processed or not |
Cut “Old/New Value” to the number of symbols | Limits length of “New Value” and “Old Value” parameters of event object. |
Strip attribute "modifiersName”? | "modifiersName" is a special attribute which allows to calculate correct modifier for this event. It should be added into Filter for all classes chosen for auditing. By default its changes aren't audited. |
Modifier accuracy period (seconds) | If difference between Audit Time and Event Time bigger than specified amount of seconds, calculated Modifier will be marked as "approximate" instead of "calculated" |
On Confirm Installation Tasks, click Finish.
Now the ACDI Driver has been created.
Open Properties and check the Driver configuration, for instance, Startup Option.
In Driver Parameters > Subscriber Options you will see the configurations you entered while creating the Driver.
Note: Sometimes you need to enter the passwords again but it is okay; sometimes this happens.
Please take a look at Tab Trace. The trace level must be 5. You should also configure Trace file here, we’ll need it in Step 8.
It’s time to deploy the Driver.
See the deployment results and click OK.
Let’s now start the Driver.
After the Driver is started, please check the logs to make sure the license was implemented successfully.
In the log, you can search for either “adjust license” or “getLicenseFromES”.
We see that the license was applied successfully. Also, we can see the Server ID and the License validity.
The license can also be set manually by adding it as a file on the IDM machine, and pointing to it in the driver properties
Create a file on the IDM with the Server ID listed in ACDI, and set its contents to the License key.
For example on Linux, create the file, open in vi and add the contents.
Let’s go to ACDI Driver Properties.
And then to Driver Configuration > Driver Parameters > Subscriber Options.
In the field “Audit License file” you need to put a path to the file where you created the license earlier.
Click Apply.
Then deploy configurations and restart the Driver.
Be aware, reading a license from OpenSearch is a more reliable way to get a current license in comparison to copying and pasting it in Driver Configurations. It will always be up to date with current license validity.
After the Driver is started, let's do a quick check up in NetIQ Audit Dashboard.
For example, we can change the description and see our change in NetIQ Audit Dashboard:
Dashboards -> NetIQ Audit Dashboard -> Load
ACDI Driver was installed and configured successfully.
Please note: If you need to audit and monitor some custom classes or custom attributes, just add them to the ACDI Driver filter.
So, this was it – quick and easy installation of a Driver.