Director Configuration Overview

Configure Director

After installing Fabric Servers, API Server/Director Console, LPSM, and Fabric-enabled LogPoints, follow the steps below to configure and integrate the components within the Director setup.

1. Upload a valid Director license from the Director Console. Refer to How the Director License Works and Uploading a Director License.

2. Integrate Director components.

   1. Configure Fabric Network, Fabric Storage, and Fabric Authenticator in the LogPoint Search Master. Refer to Configuring Logpoint Director in LPSM.

      1. Fabric Network connects the LPSM with Fabric Server(s) via a private tunnel(s) and configures it to work in the Director setup.

      2. Fabric Storage allows the LPSM to access the distributed file systems.

      3. Fabric Authenticator ensures that only authenticated and authorized users can access the files hosted on the Fabric Storage.

         • It is mandatory to configure Fabric Network, Fabric Storage, and Fabric Authenticator sequentially, to correctly setup the LPSM in the LogPoint Director setup.

         • The further steps of the LogPoint Director setup does not work if you do not configure Fabric Storage after configuring the Fabric Network. Properly configure the Fabric Storage before carrying out the steps that follow.

   2. Create LogPoint Pools in the LogPoint Search Master. Refer to Creating a Logpoint Pool.

   3. Configure Fabric Network, Fabric Storage, and Fabric Connect in regular LogPoints to make them Fabric-enabled LogPoints. Refer to Connecting Logpoint to the Director Setup.

      1. Fabric Network connects a LogPoint with Fabric Server(s).

      2. Fabric Storage allows the LogPoint to access the distributed file systems of the Director setup.

      3. Fabric Connect makes a LogPoint work in the Fabric-enabled LogPoint mode. The Fabric Connect also nests the LogPoint in a LogPoint Pool.

3. Obtain an authentication token from the Director Console to use the API exposed applications. Refer to the Obtaining Authentication Token from Director Console section for details.

Set Up Search Head in Director

LPSM can perform a search on only one Logpoint instance at a time. However, to perform searches on multiple nodes inside a Logpoint Pool, ensure that you have a Search Head connected to the Fabric Network.

This section provides you with the configuration process required to perform a search query across different Fabric-enabled Logpoints nested in different pools from a central location.

If we have one LPSM and four regular Logpoint: LP-A1, LP-A2, LP-B1, and LP-B2 nested in two Logpoint Pools Pool - A and Pool - B, we also need a regular Logpoint “Search Head,” nested in the pool Search_Head_Pool. The Logpoint “Search Head” performs search queries across different Fabric-enabled Logpoints.

Connect Search Head to Fabric Network

1. Create two Logpoint Pools Pool - A and Pool - B in LPSM. Refer to the Logpoint Pool section for detailed steps to create a Logpoint Pool.

2. Enable Fabric Connect in Logpoints “LP-A1” and “LP-A2” and then nest them in Pool - A. Refer to the Fabric Connect section for detailed steps.

3. Enable Fabric Connect in Logpoints “LP-B1” and “LP-B2” and then nest them in Pool - B.

4. Create a new Pool “Search_Head_Pool” in LPSM. Refer to the Logpoint Pool section for detailed steps to create a pool.

5. Enable Fabric Connect in the Search Head Logpoint. Nest this Search Head in the “Search_Head_Pool”. Refer to the Fabric Connect section to obtain details on nesting the Search Head in the newly created pool.

6. Enable Open Door in each Fabric-enabled Logpoints, “LP-A1”, “LP-A2”, “LP-B1”, and “LP-B2”, via either Director Console API or Director Console UI.

It is recommended to configure the Open Door settings through the Director Console API or UI rather than from the Fabric-enabled Logpoint UI.

1. Configure Distributed Logpoints settings in the Search Head for the Fabric-enabled Logpoints “LP-A1”, “LP-A2”, “LP-B1”, and “LP-B2” via either Director Console API or Director Console UI.

The setup of Search Head in the Logpoint Director setup is now complete.

Execute Search Query in LPSM

Follow these steps to execute a search query in LPSM across different machines nested in different pools:

1. Go to the Search tab.

2. Select Search_Head_Pool and Search Head in the drop-down menu of Pool and Machine respectively.

In the drop-down menu of Repo, all the repositories from the DLP machines for Search Head are listed. These repositories are the repos from the Fabric-enabled Logpoints. You can now search across the Fabric-enabled Logpoints connected to the Search Head.