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Question
How can I enable ATAP for Informix ? Can ATAP be enabled for Informix on all operating system platforms of IDS ? Does it capture all types of traffic (eg. Shared Memory and TCP) ?
Answer
If you are not expecting any local activities on an Informix server you may not need to setup ATAP at all.
To activate follow the below:
Step 1:
- Make sure ktap_installed=1 in the guard_tap.ini configuration file.
Step 2:
- To activate ATAP, run guardctl as root user.
# guardctl db_instance=[INFORMIX INSTANCE NAME] db_user=informixdb_type=informix db_base=[INFORMIX INSTALL DIRECTORY] db_home=[INFORMIX INSTALL DIRECTORY] db_version=[INFORMIX VERSION, e.g. 12.1] activate
Follow the Informix commands to to gather [INFORMIX INSTANCE NAME], [INFORMIX INSTALL DIRECTORY] and [INFORMIX VERSION] and finally invoke guardctl in step 4 to activate ATAP:
1. Make sure user informix is in guardium group. Login as user informix.
$ id
uid=208(informix) gid=206(informix) groups=205(guardium)
2. Locate Informix instance name (INFORMIXSERVER) and install directory (INFORMIXDIR).
- Run these Informix commands in Unix:
$ echo $INFORMIXSERVER
INFORMIXSERVER=test117
$ echo $INFORMIXDIR
INFORMIXDIR=/home/informix
3. Check the version of Informix.
$ onstat -V
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC8 Software Serial Number AAA#B000000
4. Login as root user. Note: db_version is 11.7 not 11.70.FC8.
# /usr/gim/modules/ATAP/9.0.0_r81649_1-1450431906/files/bin/guardctl db_instance=test117 db_user=informix db_type=informix db_base=/home/informix db_home=/home/informix db_version=11.7 activate
Invoking guardctl in a non-supportable platform (for example AIX), will generate an error
ERROR: This database (informix) is not supported on this platform (aix)
ATAP for Informix is only supportable for Linux platforms and can only capture Shared Memory protocol.
Related Information
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