2.2 Installing the AD Bridge 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:

  • Domain Administrator account access

The AD Bridge Gateway installer also installs: Microsoft .Net Framework 4.7.

To install the AD Bridge Gateway:

  1. Log in to a member server as a domain administrator.

  2. Download the Universal Policy Administrator On Premises Gateway installer file ADBOPG_3_3.exe from the Micro Focus Downloads website.

  3. Execute the downloaded ADBOPG_3_3.exe file.

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

  5. Click Next.

  6. Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next.

  7. Specify a certificate in the .pfx format and enter the password for the certificate on the Certificate File Page. Click Next.

  8. Specify the connection string and SSL hostname on the Configuration wizard, and click Next.

  9. Accept the default installation location or specify the alternate location for the installation. Click Next.

  10. Click Install.

  11. Click Finish to complete the Gatekeeper setup.

    NOTE:After the Gatekeeper installation completes, the Gateway installation automatically starts.

  12. Click Next.

  13. Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next.

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

    • NAT Traversal

    • DMZ or Port Forward

    NOTE:In most cases, select NAT Traversal.

  15. Click Next.

  16. Enter domain administrator credentials on the Domain Credentials Page and click Next.

  17. Enter the Cloud Gateway URL and Universal Policy Administrator On Premises Gateway owner account credentials for your tenant on the Login page and click Next.

    NOTE:If you do not have an administrator or owner account for the tenant, click Register to create a new account.

  18. Accept the default installation location or specify the alternate location for the installation. Click Next.

  19. Click Install.

  20. Click Finish to complete the Gateway installation.

2.2.1 Configuring the AD Bridge Syslog Provider

You can configure AD Bridge 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\MicroFocus\AD Bridge\Gateway\WebApp\Web.Config file.

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

    <syslogSettings CEFVendor="Micro Focus" CEFProduct="AD Bridge" CEFVersion="2.0"> 
    <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 2.0 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.