Associating an Audit Policy to an Object

An Audit policy can either be associated directly to an object, to one of its parent containers, or to one of the groups to which the object belongs. When the NAAS framework searches for the policy applicable to an object, it must know the order in which to search for the policy. The three possible places for the search are at the object, at the container, and at the group. The search order and the level are provided by the Search Criteria policy.

The Search Criteria policy can either be associated directly to the object, or to one of its parent containers. The NAAS framework begins the search for the effective Search Criteria policy at the object (O) and then at each parent container (C). The first policy that is located is set as the effective Search Criteria policy for the object. If no policy is found, the default Search Criteria policy is assumed as the effective policy (object > group > container). Once the effective Search Criteria policy for an object is determined, the same policy is used to evaluate the effective policy of any other type for that object.

If the default Search Criteria policy is suitable, you do not need to create a customized Search Criteria policy. If it is not, the policy should be created with the desired parameters and associated with the object or with its parent containers, as applicable.

NOTE:  Grant the Agent objects Read rights on all configured policies.

Creating the Search Criteria Policy

1. In ConsoleOne, right-click a Container object > click New > naasSearchCriteriaPolicy.

2. Set the desired values for all the configuration parameters > click OK.

3. Follow the steps in Associating the Policy to associate the policy to the required object or to its parent container.

Associating the Policy

You can associate the policy by using either of the following methods:

1. Select an object.

2. Go to the properties page of that object.

3. Click Associated NAAS Policies > click Add.

4. Select the policy to be associated > click OK.

OR

1. Select a policy object.

2. Go to the properties page of that policy object.

3. Click Associated Objects > click Add.

4. Select the object to be associated > click OK.

Finding the Effective Audit Policy for an Object

1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the object for which the effective policies are to be retrieved.

2. Click Properties > Associated NAAS Policies > Get Effective Policy.

3. Select the type of policy > click OK. (For event policies, the Service ID and Service Version also need to be specified).

   The name of the applicable policy is displayed.