Getting Started
In this section, we will cover:
- Pre-installation procedures
- Installation
- IT infrastructure and accounts configuration
- Product configuration
- Data collection
- AuditIntelligence: search, reports, alerts, risk assessment dashboards, and user behavior anomalies detection
- Operation and health
| Pre-installation procedures | |
| Review recommendations and considerations for Netwrix Auditor deployment planning. | - Requirements |
| Make sure the data source you are going to audit is supported. | - Supported Data Sources |
| Open the required ports for connections. | - Protocols and Ports Required |
| Review system requirements. | - Requirements |
| Installation | |
| If you are using previous version of the product, upgrade to the latest version then. | - Upgrade to the Latest Version |
| Install the product and review additional installation scenarios. | - Installation |
| IT infrastructure configuration | |
| Configure target IT infrastructure depending on your data source. | - Supported Data Sources |
| Configure Auditor service accounts. | - Software Requirements |
| If you are going to use Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) for data collection and storage, refer to the following article for more information. | - Use Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) |
| Product configuration | |
| Configure role-based access and delegation. | - Role-Based Access and Delegation |
| Configure general product settings. | - Netwrix Auditor Settings |
| Create monitoring plans to start collecting data from your IT infrastructure. | - Monitoring Plans |
| Start data collection | |
| Understand how the product collects data. | - Data Collecting Account |
| Start data collection. | - Configure Data Collection Settings |
| Make collected data actionable | |
| View data and perform search. | - View and Search Collected Data |
| Review reports. | - View Reports |
| Create alerts to be notified about suspicious activity. | - Create Alerts |
| Identify configuration gaps in your environment and understand their impact on overall security with Netwrix Risk Assessment dashboard. | - IT Risk Assessment Overview |
| Detect behavior anomalies in your IT environment with NetwrixBehavior Anomalies dashboard. | - Behavior Anomalies |
| Schedule email delivery of a variety of reports or set of specific search criteria with subscriptions/ | - Create Subscriptions |
| Operations and health | |
| Track changes to the product configuration with Netwrix self-audit. | - Self-Audit |
| Review Netwrix Auditor System Health event log. | - Netwrix Auditor Health Log |
| Review Health status dashboard. | - Health Status Dashboard |
| Schedule Health Summary email delivery. | - Health Summary Email |
| If some issues encountered while using the product, review the troubleshooting instructions. | - Troubleshooting |