Deploying Collectors
This section provides information about deploying Collectors, Non-TLS, TLS, and FIPS deployment.
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Under Dashboard > Deployment View, click the
icon next to the Connectors/Collectors label and click Add Collector.
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From the Add Collector window, under add collector details select the collector template.
Non-TLS Collectors Deployment
For Non-TLS Collector deployment:
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Follow the steps in Deploying Collectors section, and select the Syslog Daemon Collector template.
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Scroll down to Destination > Destination Template and select the TH Collector Template.
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Under Kafka Broker Host(s):Port(s), confirm that port number is 9092, otherwise, change it accordingly.
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Set the Kafka Broker on SSL/TLS flag to false.
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Click Install.
TLS Collectors Deployment
For TLS Collector deployment:
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Follow the steps in Deploying Collectors section, and select the Syslog NG Daemon Collector template.
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Scroll down to Destination > Destination Template and select the TH Collector Template.
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Under Kafka Broker Host(s):Port(s) confirm that port number is 9093, otherwise, change it accordingly.
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Set the Kafka Broker on SSL/TLS flag to true.
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Click Install.
FIPS Collectors Deployment
FIPS can be enabled on Collectors either during the deployment of the Collector or while creating the Collector Configuration Template.
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Follow the steps in Deploying Collectors section.
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From the Add Collector window, under add collector details select the collector template. Scroll down to the Global Fields section, and select Enabled from the Enable FIPS mode drop-down.
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Replicate steps 2 through 4 in the TLS Collectors Deployment section.
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Click Install.
Post Deployment Collector Property Update
FIPS
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Go to Configuration Management > Bulk Operations.
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Click on the Collector tab, select one of the Collectors from the Manage Collectors table, and click Properties.
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In the Collector Property Update window, click the
icon next to Property List and search for
fips.enable
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Click Edit and set the Value to
true
.Note: When setting thefips.enable
property to true, you need to modify the property’sagents[0].destination[0].params
bootstraphosts parameter port value to 9093, as well as change the usessl parameter (SSL/TLS) value totrue
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Click Save.
Non-TLS and TLS
For Non-TLS and TLS the process remains the same for steps 1 to 2 listed in Post Deployment Collector Property Update In the Collector Property Update window, click the icon next to Property List and search for the agents[0].destination[0].params
property. See the table below for the correct values.
Property | Parameter | Non-TLS | TLS |
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agents[0].destination[0].params | bootstraphosts | port value: 9092 | port value: 9093 |
agents[0].destination[0].params | usessl | false | true |