This section contains the following topics:
About Agents and Log Collection
The Agent Installation Guide is designed for system or network administrators who install CA User Activity Reporting Module agents. Agents enable the collection and routing of events from configured event sources to a CA User Activity Reporting Module server.
For your ease of use, this guide is divided into sections by operating environment, so you can refer just to the section that applies to the operating environment on which you are doing the installation.
You can install an agent directly on an event source. An event source is a host where an application, database, or operating system generates raw events. Or, you can install an agent on a collection point and collect events generated on remote event sources.
When you install the agent, you specify the target server. If you dedicate CA User Activity Reporting Module servers to different roles, the target server is a collection server. During the initial agent startup, the agent registers with the collection CA User Activity Reporting Module you identify during installation.
Important! If the CA User Activity Reporting Module server is using P12 certificates, ensure that the FIPS mode is set to OFF on the agent.
Event collection begins after you configure connectors on the agent. Each connector collects events from a single event source, performs preliminary event refinement, and then sends them to a CA User Activity Reporting Module server. If an event source is in close network proximity to the CA User Activity Reporting Module server, configure connectors on the resident default agent to collect events.
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