Alpha Documentation.
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NOTE - This documentation is an alpha release to selected customers only. The full abilities will be made generally available in a future release of Open-AudIT.
Introduction
Open-AudIT introduces the feature of Collector / Server with the 2.0.6 release.
Collector / Server is designed so that you can have a 'collector' Open-AudIT running on a subnet and discovering devices that is controlled by the 'server'.
Collector / Server is an Enterprise only feature. Enterprise customers receive one Collector license for free. Additional Collector license can be purchased as required.
Details
Once installed and setup, control of the collector is performed on the server.
The only required network ports between the collector and server are 80 and/ or 443. The Open-AudIT database is not shared between these installs.
By default (and for the alpha, only) the collector will request from the server any discovery tasks every 15 minutes.
Any discovery tasks for the collector should be scheduled for 0, 15, 30 or 45 minutes.
Enabling
In the example below our server will be running on 192.168.88.45 and our collector will be running on 192.168.88.47.
Server
Install Open-AudIT Enterprise on your designated server.
Log in to Open-AudIT on the server.
Add a license for Open-AudIT Enterprise.
Add a license for Open-AudIT Collector (if you have one).
Make a user account in Open-AudIT for your collector. (menu -> Manage -> Users -> Create User). Ensure the type is 'collector'. Ensure you click the Default Organisation. Ensure the role is 'collector'. These details will be required below.
Users Create
Collector
Install Open-AudIT on your designated collector.
Log in to Open-AudIT on the collector. <--(No login form, only license upgrade page)
In the menu click Collector -> Make this install a Collector.
Provide a name for this collector.
Provide the address of the server (http://192.168.88.45).
Provide the username and password that were used above when creating the collector user.
Provide the network address of the collector (http://192.168.88.47/open-audit/). This is used to populate discoveries on the server.
Click Submit.
You should now have configured your collector to ask the server for any Discovery tasks, every 15 minutes.
Collector Create
Collector Dashboard
Checking the registration of the collector has succeeded
You should now be able to see on the server, the collector you have just registered. Go to menu -> Admin -> Collectors -> List Collectors.
You should now be able to see on the collector, the task that will run every 15 minutes that will ask the server for any discoveries to execute. Go to menu -> Admin -> Tasks -> List Tasks.
Collectors
Tasks
Creating a discovery for the collector
On the server.
Add credentials as required.
On the server.
Create a Discovery. NOTE - Choose the network address of the collector server.
On the server.
Create a task. NOTE - use the Collector you just created. Choose the Discovery you just created. Set your minute for 0 and/or 15 and/or 30 and/or 45. Choose the required hour(s), day(s), etc.
Credentials Create
Discoveries Create
Tasks Create
Once you have configured credentials, discoveries and tasks the next time the collector checks-in with the server, if a discovery is due to run, it should run. The collector should forward the details of any discovered devices to the server.
More Information
Collectors and Orgs.
Credentials and Orgs.