Audit and Monitoring Deployment Checklist
The following checklist provides an overview of each of the main steps that are involved when you deploy the Audit & Monitoring Service. For any tasks related to other Delinea software, there are links to more information and procedures.
For authentication and privilege elevation deployment steps, please see Authentication and Privilege Elevation services deployment checklist.
| Step | Auditing and Monitoring Installation Step | Notes | Link to Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preparation and Planning | |||
| 1 | Analyze your network topology to determine where to install components and services and any hardware or software updates required. | Overview of the Auditing Infrastructure | |
| 2 | Create a list of the computers where you plan to install different components. | Planning an Audit Installation | |
| 3 | Determine the scope of the audit installation. | Deciding on the Scope of the Installation | |
| 4 | Determine the size of your database storage. | Sizing Recommendations for Audit Installations | |
| Pre-Requisite Tasks | |||
| 5 | Create Active Directory security groups for managing the permissions required for the auditing and monitoring service infrastructure. | ||
| 6 | Install Microsoft SQL Server and create a database instance for use with the audit and monitoring service. | Installing and Configuring Microsoft SQL Server for Auditing | |
| 7 | Prepare SQL Server for auditing. | This includes creating a backend service account that will run stored procedures. | Configuring SQL Server to Prepare for Auditing |
| 8 | Create a setup user account and give it database administrator (DBA) privileges. | You'll use this account and password to run the installers. | Creating a Setup User Account for Installation |
| Install Tasks | |||
| 9 | Install the Audit Manager and Audit Analyzer consoles. | Installing the Audit Manager and Audit Analyzer Consoles | |
| 10 | In Audit Manager, create a new installation for auditing. | Creating a New Installation | |
| 11 | In Audit Manager, set up the Audit Stores and Audit Store databases. | Creating the First Audit Store, Creating the First Audit Store Database | |
| 12 | Install and configure the audit collector service on at least two Windows computers. | Installing the Audit Collectors | |
| 13 | Install a Server Suite Agent for Windows on each Windows computer that you want to audit. | Installing the Server Suite Agent for Windows | |
| 14 | Install a Server Suite Agent for *NIX on each UNIX or Linux computer that you want to audit. | Installing an Server Suite Agent for *NIX | |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Configure and enable auditing on the Windows computers, if they're not already enabled. | Enabling or Disabling Auditing on Windows Computers | |
| 17 | Configure and enable auditing on the UNIX or Linux computers. | Enabling or Disabling Auditing on Linux and UNIX Computers | |
| 18 | Install additional Audit Manager or Audit Analyzer consoles on any Windows computer that you want to use for the auditing and monitoring service. | Installing Additional Audit Manager or Audit Analyzer Consoles | |
| Verification Tasks | |||
| 19 | Verify that data is being collected and agents are working correctly: Run dainfo on audited UNIX computers. Use Audit Analyzer to verify that data is being collected. | Checking the Status of the UNIX Agent |
