Register Database Firewall with Audit Vault Server 12.2.0.8

Register Database Firewall with Audit Vault Server  12.2.0.8

Summary:

1.    Specify Audit Vault Server certificate and IP address in Database Firewall

2.    Register Database Firewall in the Audit Vault Server

3.    Database Firewall Status and Diagnostics

Note:

You must associate each Database Firewall with an Audit Vault Server by specifying the server’s certificate and IP address, so that the Audit Vault Server can manage the firewall. If you are using a resilient pair of Audit Vault Servers for high availability, you must associate the firewall to both servers.

1.    Specify Audit Vault Server certificate and IP address in Database Firewall

Ø  Log in to the Audit Vault Server as AVADMIN

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Click Login

Ø  Copy Audit Vault Server certificate

ð  Click on Settings tab

ð  In Security menu, Click Certificate. The server’s certificate is displayed

ð  Copy server certificate into a text file, Make sure you also copy the header and footer “----BEGIN CERTIFICATE---- and ---- END CERTIFICATE ----” Note: if you use a text file it must be securely deleted afterwards.

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Ø  Log in to the Database Firewall administration console

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Click Login

Ø  In System menu, click Audit Vault Server

ð  Enter IP Address of the Audit Vault Server

ð  Paste the Audit Vault Server Certificate in the next field

ð  Click on Apply button

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NOTE:

If you are using a resilient pair of Audit Vault Servers. select Add Second Audit Vault

Server check box, and enter the IP address and certificate of the secondary Audit Vault

  Server 

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Setting Saved.

1.    Register Database Firewall in the Audit Vault Server

You must register the Database Firewall in the Audit Vault Server to enable communication between Audit Vault and Database Firewall. To register a Database Firewall in the Audit Vault Server

ð  Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator “AVADMIN”

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Click Login

2.    Register Database Firewall in Audit Vault Server

ð  Click on "Firewall" tab

ð  Click on "Register" button.

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 Ø  Save Registration

ð  Enter name of the Database Firewall in the "Name" field.

ð  Enter IP Address of the Database Firewall in the "Address" field. It is preferred to use the actual hostname for the firewall that you had set earlier. It makes it easier to keep track of servers in production environment.

Click on "Save" button

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Ø  Registered Firewalls

 You will see screen like in below screenshot if you have successfully completed above steps.

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3.    Database Firewall Status and Diagnostics

Ø  Click on System Status under System

Click on Show Reports

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Click on Show Report

Ø  To ensure that everything is running correctly

ð  Everything should have a green "OK" next to it like in the next screenshot

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Note:

If there is an error message that indicates that there is a problem with the certificate, Check that the date and time are the same on the Audit Vault server and database firewall appliance.

References:

Oracle® Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide
Release 12.2