Downloading the Podman container

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To deploy a Guardium® External S-TAP® (Software TAP) monitor, you first need to download the IBM® Guardium External S-TAP container from . Deploy the container onto the machine (real, virtual, or cloud) that serves as the External S-TAP host.

Before you begin

  1. Make sure that a Linux® environment is available for External S-TAP host. For the External S-TAP, Podman must be installed and running under Linux.
  2. For SSL-enabled database, make sure that you install External S-TAP with the appropriate security certificates as described in SSL certificates for External S-TAP. If your environment is not SSL-enabled, you can skip this step.

Procedure

If your site does not provide Podman, install Podman on the External S-TAP host. For more information, see Get Podman.

What to do next

After you download the External S-TAP Podman container, you can do one of the following tasks:
  • Deploy the container onto the Podman host machine.
  • Create the security certificates to help ensure that your system remains secure.

For more information, see External S-TAP deployment scripts or SSL certificates for External S-TAP.