Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall

Learn how to set the date and time in Database Firewall.

Use this procedure to set the Database Firewall date and time:

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

2. Select Database Firewalls in the Oracle Database Security Central console main page.

3. In the left navigation menu, select Database Firewalls.

4. Select a Database Firewall instance.

5. Under Configuration, select System Services.

6. Select Date and Time.

7. In the System Time (UTC) field, select the date and time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

8. Optionally, enable NTP synchronization by selecting the checkbox for NTP Server1 and entering the NTP server address. You can specify up to three NTP servers.

   It keeps the system time synchronized with the configured NTP servers specified in the NTP Server1, NTP Server2, and NTP Server3 fields, which contain an IP address or a name. If you specify a name, then the DNS server specified in the DNS is used for name resolution.

   To enable time synchronization, you also must specify the IP address of the default gateway and a DNS server.

   WARNING: In Monitoring / Blocking mode, changing the time causes all monitoring points to restart, dropping existing connections to protected databases. This causes a temporary disruption to traffic, and will happen when you choose to enter the time directly.

9. Select Save.

   See Also: Managing the Oracle Database Firewall Network and Services Configuration to specify the IP address of the default gateway and DNS server.