10.2 Novell Audit

Novell Audit is a centralized, cross-platform logging service that can log data from multiple applications to a centralized data store. After event data is logged, you can run detailed reports, custom queries, and trigger notifications based on the logged events.

The following figure illustrates the high-level architecture of Novell Audit:

Figure 10-1 Architecture Overview

In this illustration, Identity Manager is one of the applications that uses the Platform Agent to report events to the Novell Audit Secure Logging Server.