Audit Vault Agent Deployment on Target Host

Audit Vault Agent Deployment on Target Host

Summary;

1. Install java 1.6 or above and Set path in user profile
2. Download Agent from Audit Vault console
3. Target host must be register in Audit Vault
4. Install and Start Audit Vault Agent on Target
5.  Start or activate Audit Vault Agent on Target
6.  Agent Start, Stop and Status on target

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1.     Install java 1.6 or above

 Set JAVA_HOME and Path in user profile

 $ Vi .bash_profile

 export Java_HOME=/home/oracle/jrockit-jdk1.6.0_45-R28.2.7-4.1.0      

 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

 save .bash_profile

2.     Download Agent from Audit Vault console

  Ø   Login as AVADMIN

  Ø  Host  => Agent

  Ø  Click Agent Release and Download

3.     Target host must be register in Audit Vault

  Ø Login audit vault as AVADMIN

  ØClick on register

  

  ØEnter required information of target host
    => Hostname:
    => IP address:

Ø  Click save

4.     Install Audit Vault Agent on Target

  Ø  Agent installation on Target Host:

 [oracle@dbvault ~]$ java -jar /u01/agent.jar -d /u02/avagent

 Checking for updates...

 Agent is updating. This operation may take a few minutes. Please wait...

 Agent updated successfully.

 Agent installed successfully.

 If deploying host monitor please refer to product documentation for additional installation steps.

 [oracle@dbvault ~]$

Note:

/u01/agent.jar                  => downloaded agent file location

/u02/avagent                    => Audit vault desire installation location 

5.     Start or Activate Audit Vault Agent on Target

To activate please note agent key from Audit Vault server;

  Ø  Login Audit vault as AVADMIN

  Ø  Note agent key from Audit Vault console

         Agent key:

         N#E9-WWEW-XGDL-STSU-MBFA                    (kay may change as per AVDF)

  Ø  Start Agent on target with activate key

 $ cd /u02/avagent/bin

 [oracle@dbvault bin]$ ./agentctl start -k

 Enter Activation Key:                                      => Enter / past above noted agent key

 Agent started successfully.

 [oracle@dbvault bin]$

6.     Agent Start, Stop and Status on target

 $ cd AGENT_HOME/bin 

 $ ./agentctl status

 $ ./agentctl status

 $ ./agentctl status

 

INSTALLING AND ENABLING HOST MONITORING ON TARGET HOST

Prerequesites;

Install following rpms

•  libpcap

•  libpcap-devel

•  openssl

•  openssl-devel

Download the above rpms from http://www.tcpdump.org/

On an Oracle Linux system execute following command from root user

•  Yum –y install libpcap libpcap-devel

Installing a Host Monitor in oracle AVDF 12.1.2 on Linux Hosts

•  If you have not already done so, deploy the Audit Vault Agent
•  Log in as root and identify a root-owned directory on the local hard disk, such as 

   /usr/local.
•  Log in to Audit Vault Server console as an administrator, click on HOSTS tab, and 

   click on Agents
•  Click the download button next to Host Monitor (Linux x86-64) 

•  Then save the .zip file to root owned directory, for example /usr/local 

•  Place the .zip file in directory /usr/local and unzip it

•  This creates a directory named hm. 

•  Ensure that the hostmonsetup file (in the hm directory) has execute permission.

•  Run the following command

    [root@12cdb hm]# ./hostmonsetup install