Step 5 Configure the Forwarding Process

If the connection is authenticated or encrypted, the necessary cryptographic elements must be imported.

The three supported formats are:
  • *.ks--A keystore in the JKS format containing the root CA, the private key and the associated LogLogic® Universal Collector certificate.

    Associated configuration elements are a keystore file name and a password for the keystore (mandatory)

  • *.p12--A keystore in the PKCS#12 format, containing the private key and the associated LogLogic® Universal Collector certificate and the root CA (in *.pem format) as a separate file.

    Associated configuration elements are a PKCS#12 (.p12) file, a password protected PKCS#12 file (mandatory) and a root CA file.

  • *.pem--A private key (encrypted or not), a certificate to be used by LogLogic® Universal Collector in PEM format, a root CA certificate in PEM format. Associated configuration elements are a private key file, a password if the private key is encrypted (mandatory), a LogLogic® Universal Collector certificate file, a root CA certificate file.

    The Certificate Authority’s certificate allows to check the validity of LogLogic LMI or syslog server’s certificate towards LogLogic® Universal Collector.

    The LogLogic® Universal Collector valid certificate allows you to identify LogLogic® Universal Collector from LogLogic LMI.

Note: The Certificate Authority must be the one you previously used to validate the LogLogic LMI or syslog server certificate.

Procedure

  1. Open the LogLogic® Universal Collector Console and click the Forwarding tab.
  2. Click the New > ULDP button to open the Edition tab.
  3. In the Description section, modify the name of the LogLogic LMI or syslog server connection.
  4. In the Security section, activate the following options:
    Value Description
    Authentication Activates the authenticated communication when the button is ON
    Encryption Activates the encrypted communication when the button is ON
    Certificate Displays the certificate imported in LogLogic® Universal Collector
  5. Click the Initialize Secured Connection button to display the page to import the certificates.