How to configure RSA Authentication Manager to send log messages to a local file for an audit trail
Originally Published: 2018-06-20
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: RSA Authentication Manager
RSA Version/Condition: 8.x
Issue
Tasks
Enable SSH to log on to the appliance operating system using Secure Shell (SSH)
Steps
- In the Operations Console, navigate to Administration > Operating System Access.
- In the SSH Settings section, select the checkbox for each NIC on which SSH needs to be enabled and click Save.
- On the primary instance, log on to the appliance via SSH with the user name rsaadmin and the operating system password.
- Change directories to RSA_AM_HOME/utils. By default, RSA_AM_HOME is /opt/rsa/am.
login as: rsaadmin Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Password:<enter OS password> Last login: Wed Jun 20 07:02:13 2018 from jumphost.vcloud.local RSA Authentication Manager Installation Directory: /opt/rsa/am rsaadmin@am82p:~> cd /opt/rsa/am/utils/ rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/utils
Resolution
Administrative Logs
- Using the user name of rsaadmin and the operating system password, login to the primary server via SSH, as described above.
- Change directories to RSA_AM_HOME/utils. By default, RSA_AM_HOME is /opt/rsa/am.
login as: rsaadmin Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Password:<enter OS password> Last login: Wed Jun 20 07:02:13 2018 from jumphost.vcloud.local RSA Authentication Manager Installation Directory: /opt/rsa/am rsaadmin@am82p:~> cd /opt/rsa/am/utils/ rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/utils>
- To configure administrative logs from RSA Authentication Manager to log messages to a local file, type the command ./rsautil store -a config_all ims.logging.audit.admin.datastore database,file.
- When prompted, type the Operations Console administrator user name and password.
rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/utils> ./rsautil store -a config_all ims.logging.audit.admin.datastore database,file Please enter OC Administrator username: <enter Operations Console administrator user name> Please enter OC Administrator password: <enter Operations Console administrator password> psql.bin:/tmp/b6e88ac0-926a-4851-8e76-648f3a51595e7410652829394293332.sql:149: NOTICE:Changed the value of configuration parameter 'ims.logging.audit.admin.datastore' from 'database' to 'database,file' for all instances. config_all ------------ (1 row)
Runtime Logs
Runtime logs are logs of your users' authentication activity and show successful and failed authentication attempts.
- Using the user name of rsaadmin and the operating system password, login to the primary server via SSH, as described above.
- Change directories to RSA_AM_HOME/utils. By default, RSA_AM_HOME is /opt/rsa/am.
- To configure RSA Authentication Manager to log runtime log messages to a local file, use the command ./rsautil store -a config_all ims.logging.audit.runtime.datastore database,file.
- When prompted, type the Operations Console administrator user name and password.
rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/utils> ./rsautil store -a config_all ims.logging.audit.runtime.datastore database,file Please enter OC Administrator username: <enter Operations Console administrator user name> Please enter OC Administrator password: <enter Operations Console administrator password> psql.bin:/tmp/f5823a48-2a9c-45cf-9e20-91a2214de4bf2460283098139289642.sql:149: NOTICE: Changed the value of configuration parameter 'ims.logging.audit.runtime.datastore' from 'database' to 'database,file' for all instances. config_all ------------ (1 row)
System Logs
- Using the user name of rsaadmin and the operating system password, login to the primary server via SSH, as described above.
- Change directories to RSA_AM_HOME/utils. By default, RSA_AM_HOME is /opt/rsa/am.
- To configure system logs for RSA Authentication Manager to log messages to a local file, use the command ./rsautil store -a config_all ims.logging.system.datastore database,file.
- When prompted, type the Operations Console administrator user name and password.
rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/utils> ./rsautil store -a config_all ims.logging.system.datastore database,file Please enter OC Administrator username: <enter Operations Console administrator user name> Please enter OC Administrator password: <enter Operations Console administrator password> psql.bin:/tmp/02fab820-97da-45d9-b2ad-bcd5180b22f5120862600450095984.sql:149: NOTICE: Changed the value of configuration parameter 'ims.logging.system.datastore' from 'database' to 'database,file' for all instances. config_all ------------ (1 row)
The configuration can also be done from the Security Console of RSA Authentication Manager, depending upon the log level requirement.
- Navigate to Setup > System Settings > Logging.
- Under Log Levels, set the value for:
- Trace Log,
- Administrative Audit Log,
- Runtime Audit Log,
- and/or System Log.
- Select one of the options below to send logs to the local RSA Authentication Manager operating system logs,
- Select the option below and provide the IP address of the remote syslog server to send logs to dedicated syslog server
Only one remote syslog server can be selected.
Notes
- Admin Log file : RSA_AM_HOME/server/logs/imsAdminAudit.log
- Runtime Log file : RSA_AM_HOME/server/logs/imsRuntimeAudit.log
- System Log file : RSA_AM_HOME/server/logs/imsSystem.log
The locations of these files are hard coded and cannot be changed.
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