Table Of Contents
Configuring Web Proxy Devices
Network Appliance NetCache Generic
Configure NetCache to Send Syslog to MARS
Add and Configure NetCache in MARS
Configuring Web Proxy Devices
Web proxy devices provide MARS with additional data surrounding user requests of network services, such as HTTP, FTP, NNTP, and DNS. These device cache data and provide additional services around requests for that data. These additional services provide MARS with data about session requests, including authentication logs, denied session requests based on ACLs enforced by the web proxy device, and traffic logs.
This chapter contains the following section:
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Network Appliance NetCache Generic
Network Appliance NetCache Generic
This section contains the following topics:
•Configure NetCache to Send Syslog to MARS
•Add and Configure NetCache in MARS
Configure NetCache to Send Syslog to MARS
Synchronize clocks of the NetCache device and the MARS to make sure times match between them.
Note MARS supports only HTTP proxy logs and MMS streaming media proxy logs.
To configure NetCache to send syslog to MARS, follow these steps:
Step 1 In Internet Explorer, enter the URL and log in to the NetCache device.
Step 2 Click the Setup tab.
Step 3 In the left side of the window, select HTTP, then Logging.
Step 4 In the right side of the window, under Web Access Log Enable, select the Enable the Web Access Log checkbox.
Step 5 Under Log Format, select one of the first four formats:
•Web Access Log Default Format
•Common Log Format
•Netscape Extended Format
•Squid Type Format
Step 6 Under Web Details Log Enable, verify the box is not selected.
Step 7 Click Commit Changes to save your changes.
Step 8 In the left side of the window, select Streaming, then Logging.
Step 9 In the right side of the window, under Streaming Access Log Enable, select the Enables access logging for streaming protocol clients check box.
Note You can only enable access logging for streaming protocol clients if you have a streaming cache license.
Step 10 Under Streaming Access Log Format, select either of the options. If you select Custom, replace "x-client-port" with "x-username".
Step 11 Under Streaming Details Log Enable, verify that the box is not selected.
Step 12 Click Commit Changes to save your changes.
Step 13 In the left side of the window, select Streaming, then MMS.
Step 14 Under MMS Enable, verify that the Enables MMS protocol support check box is selected.
Step 15 Click Commit Changes to save your changes.
Step 16 In the left side of the window, select System, then Logging.
Step 17 In the right side of the window, under Maximum Log File Size, enter a number less than or equal to 100 (megabytes).
Step 18 Under How to Switch Log Files, select Push the log file to the following URL.
Step 19 For the URL, enter:
http://MARS_HOST/upload/UploadWebLogServlet
Replace MARS_HOST with the hostname or IP address of the MARS Appliance.
Step 20 Verify that the User and Password fields are blank.
Step 21 Verify that the Push the log files in compressed gzip format check box is not selected.
Step 22 Under When to Switch, select the option that prevents the log files from becoming greater than 100 megabytes.
Step 23 Click Commit Changes to save your changes.
Add and Configure NetCache in MARS
To add the NetCache device in MARS, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select Admin > Security and Monitor Devices > Add.
Step 2 From the Device Type list, select Network Appliance NetCache Generic.
Step 3 Enter the device name and its reporting IP address.
Step 4 From the Web log format list, select the web log format that matches the value you selected in Step 5 of Configure NetCache to Send Syslog to MARS.
Step 5 From the Streaming media log format list, select a streaming media log format.
Step 6 Click Submit.
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