Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Chapter 19: Auditing and Reporting
Formatting & exporting audit data for use with external tools
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To format and export Sidewinder G2 audit data using cf export, follow the
steps below.
1 Using a command line session, log into the Sidewinder G2 and type the
following command to switch to the admn role:
srole
2 To configure the export utility, enter the following command on one line:
cf export add type=file_type name=entry_name
host=hostname user=username password=password
targetdir=destination localfile=local_file_path
where:
• file_type = the type of file you want to export (sef, http, wt, squid, or
gen)
• entry_name = the name you want to apply to this configuration entry
• hostname = the host name or IP address to which you are exporting
the files
• username = the user name that will be used for FTP authentication
• password = the password that will be used for FTP authentication to
the destination host
• destination = the directory on the destination host on which you want
the export files placed
• local_file_path = (generic files only) the location of the generic file
3 To export all files that are currently configured and ready to be exported,
enter the following command:
cf export ftp
Tip: To export the current files and previously exported files, enter cf export all.
4 [Optional] To enable a cron job to automatically determine which configured
export files need to be exported, and format and export those files once
every 24 hours (at 2:20 a.m. in most cases), enter the following command:
cf export enable
To disable the automatic cron job process, enter the following command:
cf export disable
The file has now been converted and exported to another system.