Part 1: Prepare for centralized logging

Steps

  1. Identify or create a domain user account to use for running each Log Server service. For example:
    mydomain\WebsenseLogServer

    This ensures that permissions are consistent for all instances, and facilitates communication between distributed Log Server instances and the central instance.

  2. Identify which Log Server instance will serve as the central Log Server and note its hostname or IP address.
    All remote Log Server instances must be able to communicate with the central Log Server machine.
  3. Create a shared folder on the central Log Server machine for all Log Server instances to access:
    1. Create the folder. For example:

      C:\Program Files\Websense\Web Security\bin\logscache\

    2. Right-click the new folder and select Properties. On the Sharing tab, select Share this folder and provide the information requested.

      Optionally, also restrict access to the folder to the domain user account assigned to all Log Server instances.

    The shared folder is available within the network via its UNC file path (\\<host_name>\<folder_name>). For example:

    \\logserver01\logscache

  4. On the remote Log Server machines, create a mapped drive for the cache folder created in step 3:
    1. Log on to each Log Server machine as the domain user assigned to all Log Server instances.
    2. Open Windows Explorer and go to Tools > Map Network Drive.
    3. Select a drive letter for the mapped drive, browse to the shared folder created in step 3, and then click Finish.
    4. Make sure that you can copy a small text file from the remote Log Server machine to the shared drive.