You can forward events from EAS to Sentinel or Sentinel to EAS. However, Novell recommends that you forward events from Sentinel to EAS. Details for configuring event forwarding from Sentinel to EAS are presented below.
To configure event forwarding from Sentinel to EAS, you need to configure some components on both the Sentinel and EAS servers, as described in the sections that follow:
To configure EAS to receive events, you need to:
Start the Event Source Manager from the Auditing page by clicking
.Follow the steps in Section 2 of the Sentinel Link Solution Guide.
NOTE:You can skip the first section on accessing Event Source Manager, since the reporting module allows you to launch the tool directly.
This section provides instructions for configuring a Sentinel server to send events to EAS. These instructions describe the approach Novell recommends for an initial setup.
NOTE:If you use a different method to configure a Sentinel server to send events to EAS, you need to be sure that all events are sent. If you do not send all events, your Identity Manager reports will not run successfully.
Detailed steps for configuring a Sentinel server to send events to another Sentinel system are provided in Section 3 of the Sentinel Link Solution Guide. If you want to refine your configuration after performing the steps below, you should refer to this document for additional information.
To configure a Sentinel server to send events to EAS:
Log in to your Sentinel server as user novell
.
Set a password for user novell
if you have not done so already. The Sentinel installer creates the user novell
without password credentials.
Download the Sentinel Link Solution from Sentinel Link Solution Downloads.
Unzip the downloaded Sentinel Link Solution package.
Start Sentinel Control Center.
Import the new Integrator for the Sentinel Link Solution:
In the Novell Sentinel Control Center, select
. The Integrator Manager window displays.Click
.Click the
(plus sign) icon in the Integrator Plugin Manager window.The Plugin Import Type window displays.
Select
, then click .The Choose Plugin Package File window displays.
Click slink_integrator.zip file and click .
to locate theClick
.Dismiss the dialogs.
From the Integrator Manager interface, configure an Integrator:
Click the
icon in the bottom left corner.Choose
from the drop downSpecify a name for your Integrator, such as Sentinel Link Integrator to EAS
.
Specify a new SL - Sentinel Link
.
Provide a description for the Integrator in the
field.Click
.Specify the IP address of the EAS Server in the
text field.Specify the port number for the Sentinel Link configured on EAS. The default is 1290.
Click
on each of the remaining dialogs.Click
.Import the Action plugin:
In the Sentinel Control Center, select
.In the Action Manager window, click
.In the Action Plugin Manager, click the
(plus sign) icon.In the Import Plugin wizard, select
, then click .Click Sentinel-Link_6.1r3.acz.zip file and click .
to locate theClick
.Click
.Create a new Action:
In Action Manager, click the
(plus-sign) icon.Specify an SLinkEAS
).
Choose
from the drop downChoose your Sentinel Link Integrator.
Click
.Dismiss the Action Manager dialog.
Create the Global Filters:
In the Sentinel Control Center, click on the
tab.In the left navigation bar, select
.Click
.Click the button under
. Perform the steps below for each of the following product names (note that some of the products have more than one name):Novell Identity Manager
Novell eDirectory and EDIRECTORY
Identity Vault
Novell Modular Authentication
Novell iManager
Click
.Specify a
.Set ProductName.
toSet =).
to the equals sign (Set
to one of the product names listed above.Click
.From the Global Filter Configuration dialog, perform these steps for each of the Filter Names you just created:
Click
.Select your newly created filter.
Check the
check box.Set SLinkEAS
, in this example).
Set
to database.Click
.