Register Database Firewall with Audit Vault Server

Register Database Firewall with Audit Vault Server: In this article we will discuss about how to Register Database Firewall with Audit Vault Server for Oracle AVDF 20 after completed the AV & DF both server installation. Here we have performed this activity on Oracle AVDF 20.10 version.

Use below steps to Register Database Firewall with Audit Vault Server:-

  1. Login to the Audit Vault server console as Administrator user.
  2. Getting the Server Certificate.
  3. Copy the Server Certificate.
  4. Connect to the Database Firewall server and create a file on this server.
  5. Connect as root user on Database Firewall server and execute the config-avs script.
  6. Check & Verify the Certificate on the Database Firewall server.
  7. Register the Database Firewall on AVDF console.
  8. Enter details about Database Firewall server.
  9. Check the Database Firewall server status.

Login to the Audit Vault server console as Administrator user:

Login to the Audit Vault server console as Administrator user here avadmin user.

Login to the Audit Vault server console as Administrator user

Getting the Server Certificate:

Click on “Settings” tab ( 1 ), click on “Security” tab ( 2 ), click on “Certificate” tab ( 3 ) and then “Server Certificate” tab (4 ).

Getting the Server Certificate

Copy the Server Certificate:

Now you can see the server certificate, copy this certificate using “Copy Certificate” option.

Copy the Server Certificate

Connect to the Database Firewall server and create a file on this server:

Now connect to the Database Firewall server using ssh and create a file on this server as the “support” OS user.

Connect to the Database Firewall server and create a file on this server

Connect as root user on Database Firewall server and execute the config-avs script:

Connect as root user on Database Firewall server and execute the config-avs script providing the IP Address of the Audit Vault server and the location of the certificate file.

Connect as root user on Database Firewall server and execute the config-avs script

Check & Verify the Certificate on the Database Firewall server:

Check & Verify the Certificate now on the Database Firewall server using config-avs command as below.

Check & Verify the Certificate on the Database Firewall server

Register the Database Firewall on AVDF console:

Click on the Database Firewall tab and then click on Register option to register the Database Firewall.

Register the Database Firewall on AVDF console

Enter details about Database Firewall server:

Enter the Name for Database Firewall server, it’s IP Address then click on “Register” to save the configuration.

Enter details about Database Firewall server

Check the Database Firewall server status:

Now you can check the Database Firewall server status is Up on AVDF console.

Check the Database Firewall server status on AVDF console
Database Firewall status

Now your Database Firewall is successfully registered with Audit Vault Server…!!!

  1. How to install Oracle Audit Vault Server.
  2. How to install Oracle Database Firewall Server.
  3. How to install Audit Vault Agent on Linux.
  4. How to install Host Monitoring Agent on Linux.

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