The following checklist provides an overview of each of the main steps that are involved when you deploy Centrify Audit & Monitoring Service. For any tasks related to Centrify software, there are links to more information and procedures.
For authentication and privilege elevation deployment steps, please see Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services deployment checklist.
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Preparation and Planning |
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Analyze your network topology to determine where to install components and services and any hardware or software updates required. |
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Create a list of the computers where you plan to install different components. |
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Determine the scope of the audit installation.
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Determine the size of your database storage. |
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Pre-requisite tasks |
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Create Active Directory security groups for managing the permissions required for the auditing and monitoring service infrastructure. |
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Install Microsoft SQL Server and create a database instance for use with the audit and monitoring service. |
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Installing and configuring Microsoft SQL Server for auditing |
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Prepare SQL Server for auditing. |
This includes creating a backend service account that will run stored procedures. |
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Create a setup user account and give it database administrator (DBA) privileges. |
You'll use this account and password to run the installers. |
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Install tasks |
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Install the Audit Manager and Audit Analyzer consoles. |
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In Audit Manager, create a new installation for auditing. |
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In Audit Manager, set up the Audit Stores and Audit Store databases.
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Creating the first audit store, Creating the first audit store database |
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Install and configure the audit collector service on at least two Windows computers. |
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Install a Centrify Agent for Windows on each Windows computer that you want to audit. |
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Install a Centrify Agent for *NIX on each UNIX or Linux computer that you want to audit. |
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Install and configure the Audit Management Server component on a Windows server computer. |
For this task, run the installer using the setup user account that you created in step 8. |
Installing the Audit Management Server and Configuring the Audit Management Server |
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Configure and enable auditing on the Windows computers, if they're not already enabled. |
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Configure and enable auditing on the UNIX or Linux computers. |
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Install additional Audit Manager or Audit Analyzer consoles on any Windows computer that you want to use for the auditing and monitoring service. |
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Installing additional Audit Manager or Audit Analyzer consoles |
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Verification tasks |
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Verify that data is being collected and agents are working correctly:
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