Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server

Learn about registering hosts on the Audit Vault Server.

Prerequisite: Check Product Compatibility Matrix for supported cluster/platforms for Agent deployment and before proceeding with the host registration.

To register a host computer in the Audit Vault Server:

  1. Log in to the Oracle Database Security Central console as an administrator.

  2. Select Agents.

  3. In the left navigation menu, select Agents.

    A list of registered Agents is displayed on the page.

  4. Select Register.

  5. In Name field, enter the name of the Audit Vault Agent. This field is mandatory and must not contain special characters. The system connects to the host using the IP address. The name defined here is a logical name of the Agent and is used for descriptive identification. You may use the host name as the Agent name for easy identification.

  6. The IP Address field is mandatory.

    Enter the IP address of the host computer where the Audit Vault Agent is expected to run.

    Audit Vault Server validates the connections from the Audit Vault Agent using the registered IP address. In case the host machine contains more than one IP address (for example, the Audit Vault Agent is expected to run on a host with multiple IP addresses or network interfaces), all of the IP addresses have to be registered with the Audit Vault Server. Follow these steps:

    1. Enter one of the IP addresses or a unique logical IP address.

    2. After setting the IP address, set all the physical IP addresses using which the Audit Vault Agent is expected to connect to the Audit Vault Server as host attributes. Select Add in the Attributes section.

    3. Enter AGENT_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS_XX in the Name field where XX can be any value between 01 and 99.

    4. Enter a valid IP address in the corresponding Value field.

  7. Select Save.

    An Agent Activation Key is automatically generated when you register the host.

Agent Deployment in a High Availability System

Audit Vault Agent may be associated with multiple IP addresses in the following cases:

  1. Agent installed on a host with multiple network interface cards

  2. Agent installed on a node of high availability cluster

    1. Only one Audit Vault Agent installation is necessary for high availability cluster deployment. The Agent installation is needed only on active node of the cluster. Ensure the Audit Vault Agent installation directory is accessible from all nodes of the cluster.

    2. Cluster management software must be configured to start, stop, and monitor the Agent by providing the necessary input. The Agent must be started automatically by the cluster management software on the active node and stopped automatically on passive nodes.

Use the following commands in the cluster manager software:

   
Action Command
To stop the Agent 

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl stop
To start the Agent 

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl start
To monitor the Agent 

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl status

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