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• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
  • Translation
• Changes in This Release for Oracle Database Security Central
  • Changes In Oracle Database Security Central
• What is Oracle Database Security Central
  • Overview of Oracle Database Security Central
  • How Oracle Audit Vault Server and Agent Work
  • Types of Audit Collection Plug-Ins
    • What Are Audit Collection Plug-ins?
    • About Oracle DBSecCentral Plug-In Types
    • Determining Which Audit Collection Plug-in Type to Create
    • Java-Based Collection Plug-ins
  • Audit Vault Server Events and their Attributes
    • About Audit Vault Server Events and Attributes
    • Understanding Core Fields
    • CommandClass and Target Types
    • Other Oracle Audit Vault Fields
      • About Large Fields
      • About Extension Field
      • About Marker Fields
    • Storing Audit Records in Audit Vault
  • The Collection Process
    • Flow of Collection: User
    • Flow of Control Inside the Audit Collection Plug-in
    • Collection Concepts
      • Collection Thread
      • Collection Phase
      • Mapping
      • Checkpoint of a Trail
      • Recovery Phase Of Data Collection
      • Audit Trail Clean Up
  • General Procedure for Writing Audit Collection Plug-ins
• Setting Up Your Development Environment
  • Before Setting Up the Development Environment
  • Setting Up the Development Environment
  • Audit Collection Plug-in Directory Structure
    • General Directory Structure
    • Audit Collection Plug-In Directory Structure
    • Java-Based Collection Plug-in Directory Structure
    • Staging a plugin-manifest.xml File
    • About Mapper Files
    • Description of Plug-in Manifest File
• About Audit Collection Plug-ins
  • About Audit Collection Plug-ins
  • Database Table Collection Plug-ins
    • Requirements for Database Table Collection Plug-ins
    • Example Audit Trail for a Database Table Collection Plug-in
    • Creating a Database Table Mapper File
  • XML File Collection Plug-ins
    • Requirements for XML File Collection Plug-ins
    • Example Audit Trail for an XML File Collection Plug-in
    • Creating the XML File Audit Collection Mapper File
    • XML Transformation for Non-Standard Audit Records
      • Additional Requirement for XML Transformation Using XSL
      • Changes Required to Transform Non-Standard Audit Records
      • Sample Non-Standard XML Audit Data Record
      • Creating an XSL File for Transformation
  • JSON File Collection Plug-ins
    • Requirements for JSON File Collection Plug-ins
    • Example Audit Trail for a JSON File Collection Plug-in
    • Creating the JSON File Audit Collection Mapper File
  • CSV File Collection Plug-ins
    • Requirements for CSV File Collection Plug-ins
    • Example Audit Trail for a CSV File Collection Plug-in
    • Creating the CSV File Audit Collection Mapper File
  • JSON REST Collection Plug-ins
    • Requirements for JSON REST Collection Plug-ins
    • Example Audit Trail for a JSON REST Collections Plug-in
    • Creating the JSON REST Audit Collection Mapper File
  • Target Collection Attributes
  • Preprocessing Audit Data
• Java-Based Audit Trail Collection Plug-ins
  • About Java-Based Collection Plug-ins
  • JDK Requirement for Using the Java-Based Collection Plug-in
  • About the Flow of Control Inside the Java-Based Collection Plug-in
  • Useful Classes and Interfaces in the Collection Framework
  • How to Create a Java-Based Collection Plug-in
    • About Creating a Java-Based Collection Plug-in
    • Using the AuditEventCollectorFactory to Get the AuditEventCollector Object
    • Using the CollectorContext Class When Creating a Java-Based Collection Plug-in
      • Basic Source Attributes
      • Basic Trail Attributes
      • Utility Instances
      • Additional Source or Trail Attributes
    • Initializing the Java-Based Collection Plug-in
    • Connecting, Fetching Events, and Setting Checkpoints
    • Transforming Source Event Values to Audit Vault Event Values
      • Event Time to UTC
      • Source Event Name to Audit Vault Event Name
      • Source Event ID to Source Event Name
      • Mapping Source Event Name or ID to Target Type
      • Source Event Status to Oracle Audit Vault Event Status
    • Retrieving Other Audit Field Values
    • Changing Oracle DBSecCentral Attributes at Run Time
    • Changing Custom Attributes at Run Time
    • Creating Extension Fields
    • Handling Large Audit Fields
    • Creating Markers to Uniquely Identify Records
    • Closing the Java-Based Collection Plug-in
    • Using Exceptions in Collection Plug-ins
  • Java-Based Collection Plug-in Utility APIs
    • About Connection to Database Sources Using ConnectionManager API
    • Example of Using the ConnectionManager API to Connect to Database Sources
    • Using the Windows Event Log Access API
    • Using Windows EventMetaData API
    • Using the AVLogger API to Log Messages
    • Using the Oracle XML Developer's Kit to Parse XML Files
  • Using an Audit Trail Cleanup with Java-Based Collection Plug-ins
  • Java-Based Collection Plug-in Security Considerations
• Packaging Audit Collection Plug-ins
  • Flow of Packaging
  • Creating a plugin_manifest.xml File for Shipping
  • External Dependencies
  • Creating New Versions of Your Audit Collection Plug-ins
  • avpack Tool
• Testing Audit Collection Plug-ins
  • Requirements for Testing Audit Collection Plug-ins
  • Typical Audit Collection Plug-in Testing Processes
  • Deploying an Audit Vault Agent
  • Redeploying the Oracle Audit Vault Agent
• Audit Vault Server Fields
  • Oracle Database Security Central Fields
    • Core Fields
    • Large Fields
    • Marker Field
    • Extension Field
  • Actions and Target Types
    • Actions
    • Target Types
• Schemas
  • Sample Schema for a plugin-manifest.xml file
  • Database Table Collection Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For XML File Collection Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For JSON File Collection Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For CSV File Collection Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For JSON REST Collection Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For REST Collector Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For Name Pattern Collection Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For JSON Collector Plug-in Mapper File
  • Schema For EZCollector Plug-in Mapper File
• Example Code
  • Database Table Collection Plug-in Example
    • Database Table Collection Plug-in Mapper File
    • Database Table Collection Plug-in Manifest File
  • XML File Collection Plug-in Examples
    • XML File Collection Plug-In Mapper File
    • XML File Collection Plug-In Manifest File
  • JSON File Collection Plug-in Example
    • JSON File Collection Plug-In Mapper File
    • JSON File Collection Plug-In Manifest File
  • CSV File Collection Plug-in Example
    • CSV File Collection Plug-In Mapper File
    • CSV File Collection Plug-In Manifest File
  • JSON REST Collection Plug-in Example
    • JSON REST Collection Plug-In Mapper File
    • JSON REST Collection Plug-In Manifest File
  • Java-Based Collection Plug-in Example
    • Java Collection Plug-in Code
    • Java Based Collection Plug-in Manifest File
• Bundled JDBC Drivers
  • About Bundled JDBC Drivers
  • Connecting URLs
  • DataSource Class