36.2 Understanding the Installation Process for the Identity Reporting Components

You can install EAS, Identity Reporting and the reporting drivers on the same server. However, due to the workload, NetIQ recommends installing EAS and reporting on separate servers. For more information, see Section 5.3, Recommended Installation Scenarios and Server Setup.

36.2.1 Understanding the Installation Process for Event Auditing Service

The installation program for EAS performs the following functions:

  • Installs and optionally configures the service

  • Creates the user account that can perform administration tasks for the service (admin)

  • Creates the database administrator account used by the service to interact with the database (dbauser)

  • Allows you to define the port on which the PostgreSQL database runs

36.2.2 Understanding the Installation Process for Identity Reporting

The installation program for Identity Reporting performs the following functions:

  • Allows you to choose an application server platform

  • Deploys the client WAR file, which contains the user interface components for reporting, to the application server

  • Deploys the core WAR file, which contains the core REST services needed for reporting

  • Deploys the API WAR file, which contains the documentation of REST services needed for reporting

  • Defines the location of the server for EAS (installed separately)

  • Creates the reporting schema in the SIEM database within EAS

  • Configures the PostgreSQL JDBC driver that connects to the SIEM database

  • Configures the authentication services for Identity Reporting

  • Configures the email delivery system for Identity Reporting

  • Configures the core reporting services for Identity Reporting

  • Creates the user accounts for Identity Reporting (idmrptsrv and idmrptuser)

  • Creates the user accounts for interacting with NetIQ Sentinel (appuser and rptuser)

36.2.3 Understanding the Users that the Installation Process Creates

The installation processes for an event auditing service and Identity Reporting create the following database users:

User name

Description

dbauser

Administrator of the PostgreSQL server and owner of the EAS schema and views.

admin

User identity for use with EAS administrative utilities.

idmrptsrv and idmrptuser

Owner of the Identity Reporting schema and views, as well as credentials used for Identity Reporting database connectivity.

rptuser and appuser

Available when you use NetIQ Sentinel as the event auditing service.