1.3 Sentinel Control Center

Sentinel Control Center is used primarily for administration and configuration. Some of the actions that you can perform include:

  • Configure data collection for event sources such as Windows, database, Check Point server, and so on.

  • Add contextual information to events.

  • Configure Actions and Integrators.

  • Manage Solution Packs

You can access the Sentinel Control Center through the Sentinel Main interface.

  1. Log in to Sentinel:

    https://IP_AddressOrDNS_Sentinel_server:8443

    Where IP_AddressOrDNS_Sentinel_server is the IP address or DNS name of the Sentinel server and 8443 is the default port for the Sentinel server.

  2. Click Sentinel Main.

  3. In the toolbar, click Applications.

  4. Click Launch Control Center.

    NOTE:NetIQ Corporation leverages our partner company Novell for certificate signing services under a trust model. Although the certificate says Novell, it is trusted through NetIQ Corporation.

  5. Click Yes to accept the security certificate.

  6. Specify a user name and password of a user that has rights to access the Sentinel Control Center, then click Login.

  7. Click Accept or Accept Permanently to accept the security certificate.

The Sentinel Control Center launches in a new window.