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Sentinel content is the extended functionality of the Sentinel system. It includes Sentinel plug-ins,
Sentinel Actions, Integrators, and Sentinel plug-ins such as Collectors, Connectors, and Solution
Packs that might include multiple other types of plug-ins.These modular components are used to
integrate with third-party systems, install a complete control-based security solution, and provide
automated remediation for detected incidents.
Fore more information, see
1.2.5 Sentinel Plug-in SDK
The Sentinel Plug-in SDK includes libraries and code developed by the Novell Engineering, as well
as the template and sample code which you can use to begin developing your own projects. For
more information, see
index.php?title=Develop_to_Sentinel#Sentinel_Plug-in_SDK).
1.2.6 Sentinel Collector Builder
The Sentinel Collector Builder enables you to build Collectors in the Sentinel proprietary, legacy
language to process events. You can create and customize the templates so that the Collector can
parse the data. For more information on developing your own Collectors, see
Collector Plug-ins
1.3 Sentinel Server Components
Sentinel is made up of the following components:
Section 1.3.1, "Data Access Service," on page 14
Section 1.3.2, "Message Bus," on page 15
Section 1.3.3, "Sentinel Database," on page 15
Section 1.3.4, "Sentinel Collector Manager," on page 15
Section 1.3.5, "Correlation Engine," on page 15
Section 1.3.6, "iTRAC," on page 15
Section 1.3.7, "Sentinel Advisor and Exploit Detection," on page 15
Section 1.3.8, "Web Server," on page 16
1.3.1 Data Access Service
The Sentinel Data Access Service is the primary component used to communicate with the Sentinel
database. The Data Access Server and other server components work together to store events
received from the Collector Managers into the database, filter data, process Active Views
perform database queries and process results, and manage administrative tasks such as user
authentication and authorization. For more information, see
Access
Service" in the
14
Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Installation Guide
"Solution
Designer" in the
Sentinel SDK (http://developer.novell.com/wiki/
(http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Collectors).
Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Reference
Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment User
Developing Sentinel
"Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Data
Guide.
Guide.
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