Quick Reference for Common Tasks
This section lists some of the common tasks performed using Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
About this Quick Reference
This chapter is intended for users who are familiar with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF), and who want to locate step-by-step instructions for common tasks. If you are new to Oracle AVDF, then we recommend that you read the documentation to understand the product and plan your configuration.
See Summary of Configuration Steps to understand the workflows for configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Audit Vault Server
System Settings
"Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings"
"Changing the Primary Audit Vault Server Network Configuration"
"Changing the UI (Console) Certificate for Audit Vault Server"
"Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services"
"Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations"
"Configuring Email Notifications"
Archiving and Retrieving
"Creating Archive and Retention Policies"
"Deleting Archive and Retention Policies"
"Starting an Archive Job Manually"
"Retrieving Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Audit Data"
High Availability Configuration of Audit Vault Servers
"Configure the Designated Standby Audit Vault Server"
"Configure the Designated Primary Audit Vault Server"
"Checking the High Availability Status of an Audit Vault Server"
AVCLI (Command Line Interface)
"Downloading the AVCLI Command Line Utility and Setting JAVA_HOME"
"Displaying Help and the Version Number of AVCLI"
Other Operations
"Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server"
"Rotating the Master Key for Repository Encryption"
"Changing the Keystore Password"
"Enabling Oracle Database In-Memory for the Audit Vault Server"
"Checking Server Status and System Operation"
"Accessing the Audit Vault Server Certificate and Public Key"
"Restarting or Powering Off the Audit Vault Server"
Database Firewall
Firewall System Settings
"Configuring Network Settings for Oracle Database Firewall"
"Configuring Network Services for Oracle Database Firewall"
"Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall"
"Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address"
"Viewing the Status and Diagnostics Report for Database Firewall"
Firewall Network Configuration
Managing Database Firewalls in the Audit Vault Server
"Registering Database Firewall in Audit Vault Server"
"Restarting or Powering Off Database Firewall"
High Availability Pairing of Database Firewalls
Agent
Agent Deployment
"Steps Required to Deploy and Activate the Audit Vault Agent"
"Deploying the Audit Vault Agent"
"Activating and Starting the Audit Vault Agent"
"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"
Updating Agent
Host Monitor Agent
Host Monitor Agent Installation
"Registering the Host Machine That Will Run the Host Monitor Agent"
"Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Windows Host Machine" or "Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Unix Host Machine"
Host Monitor Agent Operations
"Starting the Host Monitor Agent"
"Stopping the Host Monitor Agent"
"Changing the Logging Level for a Host Monitor Agent"
Updating
Host Monitor Agent Security
Targets
Auditing
Preparing for Auditing
"Preparing Targets for Audit Data Collection"
"Using an NTP Service to Set Time on Targets"
"Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled on the Target"
Audit Trails
Monitoring with Database Firewall
Database Firewall Monitoring Points
"Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point"
"Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point"
"Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring Points"
"Viewing the Status of Database Firewall Monitoring Points"
"Finding the Port Number Used by a Database Firewall Monitoring Point"
Native Network Encrypted Traffic Monitoring
"Configuring Advanced Settings for Database Firewall"
"Changing the Database Firewall Host Name"
"Configuring Database Firewall for Databases That Use Native Network Encryption"
"Monitor Native Network Encrypted Traffic Through Database Firewall for Oracle Databases"
"Disabling Encrypted Traffic Monitoring for Oracle Databases"
Reference Information
Plug-ins
Summary of Data Collected for Each Audit Trail Type
Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Targets
Other Reference Information
Transaction Log Audit Data Collection for Oracle Database
Oracle AVDF 20 Cookbook
Cookbook: Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20 for Beginners