2.3 Installing the AD Bridge Gatekeeper and Gateway

The AD Bridge Gateway is used to push policies from Active Directory to the Cloud Gateway.

Complete the following prerequisites before you install the AD Bridge Gateway:

  • Microsoft Server 2016 or later installed

  • Domain Administrator account access

The AD Bridge Gateway installer also installs: Microsoft .Net Framework 4.8.

To install the Universal Policy Administrator On Premises Gatekeeper and Gateway:

NOTE:When you execute the AD Bridge Gateway.exe file, it installs both Gatekeeper and Gateway On premises.

  1. Download the Universal Policy Administrator On Premises Gateway installer file AD Bridge Gateway.exe from the Opentext Downloads website.

  2. Execute the downloaded AD Bridge Gateway.exe file.

  3. When the installation wizard opens, select both Install Gatekeeper and Install Gateway options and click Install.

    If .NET Framework 4.8.x is not already installed on the server, it is installed as part of the prerequisite check before the Universal Policy Administrator On Premises Gateway installation starts.

  4. Click Next when the AD Bridge Gatekeeper Setup wizard opens.

  5. Read and Accept the License Agreement, and click Next.

  6. Browse your system to select a certificate in the .pfx file format, specify the password, and click Next.

  7. Specify the connection string in the Gatekeeper Configuration wizard, and click Next.

  8. Select the destination folder for the installation files and click Next.

  9. Click Install to copy the Gatekeeper files.

  10. Click Finish to complete the Gatekeeper setup.

  11. NOTE:The Gateway installation automatically starts.

    Click Next when the Universal Policy Administrator On Premises Gateway setup wizard opens.

  12. Read and Accept the License Agreement, and click Next.

  13. Select an installation option. The available options are:

    • NAT Traversal

    • DMZ or Port Forward

    NOTE:In most cases, select NAT Traversal.

  14. Click Next.

  15. Enter domain administrator credentials and click Next.

  16. Enter the Cloud Gateway URL and Universal Policy Administrator On Premises Gateway owner account credentials, and click Next.

    NOTE:Click Register and create a new account if one does not exist.

  17. Retain or change the default location for program installation, and then click Next.

  18. Click Install to copy the Gateway installer files.

  19. Click Finish on the last screen of the wizard to complete the installation.

2.3.1 Configuring the AD Bridge Syslog Provider

You can configure AD Bridge 3.5 to forward events and syslog messages to one or more SIEM solutions.

To configure the AD Bridge Syslog Provider:

  1. Open the C:\Program Files\OpenText\AD Bridge\Gateway\WebApp\Web.Config file.

  2. Modify the highlighted text as shown in the snippet below according to your environment:

    <syslogSettings CEFVendor="Opentext" CEFProduct="AD Bridge" CEFVersion="3.5"> 
    <Forwarders> 
      <add host="localhost" port="514" senderType="UDP" rfcType="Rfc5242" filterType="None" /> 
    </Forwarders> 
  </syslogSettings>

    The available options for each of these attributes are:

    • senderType: The default value is UDP.

      • TCP

      • UDP

    • rfcType: The default value is Rfc5242.

      • Rfc5242

      • Rfc3164

    • filterType: The default value is None.

      • SyslogOnly

      • AuditOnly

      • None

        NOTE:AD Bridge 3.5 only supports the filterType attribute value, AuditOnly.

  3. Set CEFVendor, CEFProduct, and CEFVersion to values of your choice.

NOTE:You can specify multiple forwarders in the same Web.Config file.