Audit Vault Agent Requirements

Learn about the Audit Vault Agent requirements.

Recommended Prerequisites for Installing Audit Vault Agent

1. Ensure that you meet the system requirements. See Product Compatibility Matrix.

2. Ensure that you meet the following Java requirements:

   • Install the supported Java version on the Audit Vault Agent. See Audit Vault Agent: Supported and Tested Java Runtime Environment.

   • Apply the latest Java patches.

   • Point the JAVA_HOME to the JRE/JDK directory and set the path before installing the Audit Vault Agent.

3. Ensure that the host machine on which the Audit Vault Agent is deployed has at least 512 MB RAM.

4. Ensure that the host machine on which the Audit Vault Agent is deployed has connectivity to the Audit Vault Server.

   In a high availability environment, it must have connectivity to both primary and standby Audit Vault Servers.

5. Ensure that two Audit Vault Server ports (1521 and 7447 by default) are configured for communication with the Audit Vault Agent.

6. If you use Network Address Translation (NAT) in the network between the Audit Vault Server and the host machine where the agent is deployed, then ensure that the IP address of the host machine is resolvable from the Audit Vault Server.

7. Ensure that the user has the required OS permissions to install the agent.

   For directory audit trails, the user must be able to access the audit trail location. See About Deploying the Audit Vault Agent for the OS permissions that are required for installing the agent.

8. Ensure that the Audit Vault Agent home directory is access protected.

   Only the Agent user should have write or execute permissions on the agent home directory.

9. Ensure that the Audit Vault Agent host machine system settings are access protected to prevent malicious users from making modification.

10. Ensure that the system time of the Audit Vault Agent and the target are synchronized.

    They can be in different time zones. The time difference between these two systems (considering time zone conversion) should not exceed two seconds.

Additional Requirements for Starting the Audit Vault Agent as a Service on Windows

You can comply with one of the following prerequisites:

• Install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 package from Microsoft on the Windows host machine.

  Ensure that the vcruntime140.dll file is available in the C:\Windows\System32 directory.

• If the vcruntime140.dll file is not present, then add it to the <Agent Home>/bin and <Agent Home>/bin/mswin-x86-64 directories.

Note: You can use agentless collection instead of the Audit Vault Agent for up to 20 Oracle Database table audit trails. In addition, you can also use agentless collection for Microsoft SQL Server directory audit trails for .sqlaudit and .xel (extended events). The total number of audit trails for agentless collection should not exceed 20. See Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection.