About Configuring Audit Vault Server

Learn about configuring Audit Vault Server.

This chapter explains how to perform the initial Audit Vault Server configuration.

Note: Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall are software appliances. You must not make changes to the Linux operating system through the command line on these servers unless you are following procedures as described in the official Oracle documentation or you are working under the guidance of Oracle Support.

The main steps involved in the configuration process are as follows:

1. Perform the initial configuration tasks at the Audit Vault Server. For example, confirm system services and network settings, and set the date and time.

2. (Optional) Configure high availability.

3. (Optional) Configure the Audit Vault Agents.

4. (Optional) Add each Database Firewall at Audit Vault Server.

5. (Optional) Configure Oracle Database Security Central to work with third party Security Information Event Management (SIEM) products that can read from Syslog.

6. (Optional) Configure Microsoft Active Directory or Open LDAP.

7. Check that the system is functioning correctly.

   See Also:

   • Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers for more information about configuring a resilient pair of Audit Vault Servers for high availability. Perform the initial configuration that is described in this chapter for both Audit Vault Servers.

   • Summary of Configuration Steps to understand the high level workflow for configuring Oracle Database Security Central.