Novell IDENTITY MANAGER 3.6.1, Reporting Manual

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Identity Manager 3.6.1 Reporting Guide for Novell Sentinel

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Network interface with this IP: 

Binds the port only to the specified IP address.

6

In the 

Port Number

 field, specify the SLS port, then click 

Next

.

The default port is 289.

7

Select the option for the client authentication type.

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Open: 

Allows all SSL connections from the Platform Agent. It does not perform any 

client certificate validation or authentication.

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Loose: 

Validates a client certificates to be a valid X.509 certificate, but does not check if 

the certificate is signed by a Certificate Authority.

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Normal: 

Validates the certificate to be a valid X.509 certificate and also checks to see that 

the client certificate is signed by a Certificate Authority.
This option requires a trust store to be imported. The trust store must have the client’s 
certificate and the Certificate Authority’s certificate. Click the 

Import

 button to import the 

trust store.

8

Select whether you want to use the built-in server key pair or import server key pair, then click 

Next

.

The Novell Audit connector comes with a built-in certificate. You can use it or overwrite it 
with your own certificate.

9

Select the behavior of the Event Source Server if it receives move events than the Collector can 
parse. The options are:

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Drop connections: 

The Event Source Server drops existing connections and stops 

accepting new connections until the buffer has space for the new messages. This is the 
default behavior, because the Platform Agent performs caching when a connection is 
dropped.

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Drop messages: 

The Event Source Server drops the oldest message in order to accept the 

new message. These dropped messages are lost and cannot be recovered.

10

Select whether the Event Source Server disconnects an SSL connection with the Platform 
Agent if the connection is idle and does not send any data within the set number of minutes.
 If you select this option, you must specify the number of minutes to wait before it disconnects. 
The default value is 15 minutes.

11

Select whether you want the Event Source Server to request the Platform Agent to send the 
signature of the event with the event, then click 

Next

.

12

Select 

Run

 to have the Event Source Server automatically start whenever the Collector 

Manager is restarted, then click 

Finish

.

13

Repeat 

Step 4

 through 

Step 12

 for each Identity Manager server.

To capture all events in your environment, you must have an Event Source server for each 
Identity Manager, and the Identity Manager server must have the Platform Agent installed on it.

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Select the Event Source server to add to the Novell Audit Connector, then click 

Next

.

15

Use the default policy or create a custom policy to automatically add or exclude individual 
source devices, then click 

Next

.

For more information, see “Auto Configuring Event Sources” in the 

Novell Audit Connector 

Guide

 (http://support.novell.com/products/sentinel/doc/connectors/audit_connector.pdf)

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Finish the configuration of the connector with the following information, then click 

Finish

.

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Name: 

Specify a name for this connector.