Creating a data source profile

12.1 and later Create a data source profile to configure Universal Connectors on Managed Units. You can also install, uninstall, reinstall the created profiles along with enabling, disabling, restarting, and troubleshooting Universal Connectors.

Procedure

  1. In Guardium Data Protection Central Manager, or Standalone system, click Manage > Universal Connector > Datasource Profile Management page.
  2. To create a data source profile, click the add new icon and enter values in the following fields. 
    Table 1. Managing data source parameters
    Parameters Description
    Name Enter the name of the data source connection.
    Description Enter the data source description.
    Plug-in Select the plug-in.
    Credential Enter the credentials that you created in the Credential Management page. To create new credentials, click the add new icon to create credentials. For more information, see Creating credentials.
    Attention: This field is displayed only if the plug-in requires credentials.
    Kafka cluster Select the appropriate Kafka cluster from the available Kafka cluster list or to create a Kafka cluster, see Creating Kafka clusters.
    Attention: This field is displayed only if the plug-in requires the Kafka cluster.
    Parameters Depending on the type of plug-in that is selected in the Plug-in field, enter the parameters value.

    See the parameter details in the specific readme file of the plug-ins. See all the available plug-ins.

    For example, if you select OUA over JDBC Connect plug-in, then see Oracle Unified Audit Universal Connector Over JDBC Connect readme file.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Select a profile, and select the relevant installation option from the Install list.
  5. In the Collectors tab, select one or more collectors to install, uninstall or reinstall the data source profile.
  6. Click Run now to install, uninstall or reinstall, or click Schedule to run later.
  7. In the Groups tab, select a managed unit to install, uninstall, or reinstall the data source profile.
  8. Select from the available managed unit groups or to create a new managed unit group, click new add icon, enter the Group name and select the managed units. For more information, see Creating managed unit groups.
  9. Click Run now to install, uninstall or reinstall, or click Schedule to run later.
  10. Click Actions and select one of the following applicable options: 
    Enable UC
    Use this option to enable the UC on the applicable collectors.
    Disable UC
    Use this option to disable the UC on the applicable collectors.
    Restart UC
    Use this option to restart the UC on the applicable collectors.
    Troubleshoot
    Troubleshoots the collector for errors in the uc-logstash.log and logstash-plain.log file.
  11. Click OK.
  12. If required, download the server (data source) CA certificate to enure that Syslog accepts the communication with data source.
    1. Click Download server CA.
    2. Copy the certificate to the database server and note the location. For more information, see Installing an appliance certificate to avoid a browser SSL certificate challenge.