9.6 Configuring Sentinel Link to Use Sentinel as the Sender and EAS as the Receiver

You can forward events from EAS to Sentinel or Sentinel to EAS. However, NetIQ 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:

9.6.1 Configuring EAS to Receive Events

To configure EAS to receive events, you need to:

Start the Event Source Manager from the Auditing page by clicking Launch Event Source Manager.
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.

9.6.2 Configuring Sentinel to Send Events

This section provides instructions for configuring a Sentinel server to send events to EAS. These instructions describe the approach NetIQ 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:
1. In the NetIQ Sentinel Control Center, select Tools > Integrator Manager. The Integrator Manager window displays.
2. Click Manage Plug-Ins.
3. Click the Import (plus sign) icon in the Integrator Plugin Manager window.
  
  The Plugin Import Type window displays.
4. Select Import an Integrator plugin file (.zip), then click Next.
  
  The Choose Plugin Package File window displays.
5. Click Browse to locate the slink_integrator.zip file and click Next.
6. Click Finish.
7. Dismiss the dialogs.
From the Integrator Manager interface, configure an Integrator:
1. Click the Add Integrator icon in the bottom left corner.
2. Choose Sentinel Link Integrator from the Select Integrator drop down
3. Specify a name for your Integrator, such as Sentinel Link Integrator to EAS.
4. Specify a new Service Category, such as SL - Sentinel Link.
5. Provide a description for the Integrator in the Description field.
6. Click Next.
7. Specify the IP address of the EAS Server in the Host Name text field.
8. Specify the port number for the Sentinel Link configured on EAS. The default is 1290.
9. Click Next on each of the remaining dialogs.
10. Click Finish.
Import the Action plugin:
1. In the Sentinel Control Center, select Tools > Action Manager.
2. In the Action Manager window, click Manage Plugins.
3. In the Action Plugin Manager, click the Import (plus sign) icon.
4. In the Import Plugin wizard, select Import an Action plugin file (zip,inz), then click Next.
5. Click Browse to locate the Sentinel-Link_6.1r3.acz.zip file and click Next.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Finish.
Create a new Action:
1. In Action Manager, click the Add (plus-sign) icon.
2. Specify an Action Name (for example, SLinkEAS).
3. Choose Sentinel Link from the Action drop down
4. Choose your Sentinel Link Integrator.
5. Click Save.
6. Dismiss the Action Manager dialog.
Create the Global Filters:
1. In the Sentinel Control Center, click on the Admin tab.
2. In the left navigation bar, select Global Filter Configuration.
3. Click Add.
4. Click the button under Filter Name. Perform the steps below for each of the following product names (note that some of the products have more than one name):
  - NetIQ Identity Manager
  - NetIQ eDirectory and EDIRECTORY
  - Identity Vault
  - NetIQ Modular Authentication
  - NetIQ iManager
  1. Click Add.
    
    Specify a Filter Name.
    
    Set Property to ProductName.
    
    Set Operator to the equals sign (=).
    
    Set Value to one of the product names listed above.
  2. Click Save.
5. From the Global Filter Configuration dialog, perform these steps for each of the Filter Names you just created:
  1. Click Add.
  2. Select your newly created filter.
  3. Check the Active check box.
  4. Set Action to the Sentinel Link action configured earlier (SLinkEAS, in this example).
6. Set Default Action to database.
7. Click Save.