This chapter is intended for users familiar with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF), and who want to quickly locate step-by-step instructions for common tasks. If you are new to AVDF, we recommend you read the introductory material to get an understanding of the system and to plan your configuration.
See "Summary of Configuration Steps" to understand the suggested workflows for configuring Oracle AVDF.
"Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings"
"Setting or Changing the Audit Vault Server Network Configuration"
"Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services"
"Configuring the Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations"
"Configuring the Email Notification Service"
"Testing the Audit Vault Server System Operation"
"Defining Archiving Locations"
"Creating Archiving (Retention) Policies"
"Restoring Oracle AVDF Audit Data"
High Availability Pairing of Audit Vault Servers
"Step 1: Configure the Secondary Audit Vault Server"
"Step 2: Configure the Primary Audit Vault Server"
"Step 3: Start High Availability Pairing of the Audit Vault Servers"
"Checking the High Availability Status of an Audit Vault Server"
"Updating Audit Vault Agents After Pairing Audit Vault Servers"
AVCLI (Command Line Interface)
"Downloading the AVCLI Command Line Utility and Setting JAVA_HOME"
"Displaying Help and the Version Number of AVCLI"
"Specifying Log Levels for AVCLI"
"Checking Server Status and System Operation"
"Accessing the Audit Vault Server Certificate and Public Key"
"Rebooting or Powering Off the Audit Vault Server"
"Changing the Keyboard Layout"
"Downloading Diagnostics for the Audit Vault Server (AVDF 12.1.2)"
"Configuring a Database Firewall's Network Settings"
"Configuring a Database Firewall's Network Services"
"Setting the Date and Time in the Database Firewall"
"Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address"
"Viewing the Status and Diagnostics Report for a Database Firewall"
Firewall Network Configuration
"Configuring a Bridge in the Database Firewall"
"Configuring a Database Firewall as a Traffic Proxy"
"Viewing and Capturing Network Traffic in a Database Firewall"
Managing Database Firewalls in the Audit Vault Server
"Registering a Database Firewall in the Audit Vault Server"
"Rebooting or Powering Off Database Firewall"
"Removing a Database Firewall from the Audit Vault Server"
"Fetching an Updated Certificate from a Database Firewall"
High Availability Pairing of Database Firewalls
"Configuring a Resilient Pair of Database Firewalls"
"Swapping Roles in a Resilient Pair of Database Firewalls"
"Breaking (Un-pairing) a Resilient Pair of Database Firewalls"
"Registering Hosts in the Audit Vault Server"
"Deleting Hosts from the Audit Vault Server"
"Steps Required to Deploy and Activate the Audit Vault Agent"
"Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on the Host Computer"
"(Oracle AVDF 12.1.1 Only) Requesting Agent Activation"
"Activating and Starting the Audit Vault Agent"
"Registering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service"
"Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service"
"Stopping and Starting the Agent on Unix Hosts"
"Stopping and Starting the Agent on Windows Hosts"
"Changing the Logging Level for the Audit Vault Agent"
"Step 1: Register the Computer that will Run the Host Monitor"
"Step 2: Deploy the Audit Vault Agent and Install the Host Monitor"
"Step 3: Create a Secured Target for the Host-Monitored Database"
"Step 4: Create an Enforcement Point in DAM Mode"
"Changing the Logging Level for a Host Monitor"
"Checking the Status of a Host Monitor Audit Trail"
"Uninstalling the Host Monitor (Linux Hosts Only)"
"Updating the Host Monitor (Linux Hosts Only)"
"Using Certificate-based Authentication for the Host Monitor"
"Preparing Secured Targets for Audit Data Collection"
"Using an NTP Service to set Time on Secured Targets"
"Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled on the Secured Target"
"Setting User Account Privileges on Secured Targets"
"Scheduling Audit Trail Cleanup"
"Adding an Audit Trail in the Audit Vault Server"
"Stopping and Starting Audit Trails in the Audit Vault Server"
"Checking the Status of Audit Trails in the Audit Vault Server"
"(Required for MySQL) Running the XML Transformation Utility"
"(Required for IBM DB2) Converting Binary DB2 Audit Files to ASCII Format"
"Creating and Configuring an Enforcement Point"
"Modifying an Enforcement Point"
"Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Enforcement Points"
"Viewing the Status of Enforcement Points"
"Finding the Port Number Used by an Enforcement Point"
Database Interrogation and Response Monitoring
"Configuring and Using Database Interrogation"
"Configuring Database Interrogation for SQL Server and SQL Anywhere"
"Configuring Database Interrogation for Databases Using Network Encryption"
"Enabling Database Interrogation"
"Disabling Database Interrogation"
"Configuring Database Response Monitoring"
See also: "Database Firewall"
"Downloading the Oracle AVDF SDK"
"Monitoring the Server Tablespace Space Usage"
"Monitoring the Server Archive Log Disk Space Usage"
"Out-of-the Box Plug-ins at a Glance"
"Summary of Data Collected for Each Audit Trail Type"
"Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Secured Targets"
"Secured Target Locations (Connect Strings)"
"REDO Logs Audit Data Collection Reference"