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Deployment Scenarios

The add-on can be deployed on any computer in your environment. For example, you can run the add-on on the computer where Auditor is installed, or on a remote server. Also, consider different SCVMM deployment scenarios. Possible deployment options are as follows (here it is assumed that the add-on is installed together with Auditor server):

  1. Add-on running on the same machine as SCVMM server (with Management Console):

deployment_1

  1. Add-on and SCVMM server (with Management Console) running on different machines:

deployment_2

In this scenario, the account used to access SCVMM server must be a member of the Remote Management Users local group on the SCVMM server.

  1. Add-on running on the same machine as SCVMM Management Console; SCVMM server running on the remote machine:

deployment_3

In this scenario, make sure to specify SCVMM server address in the DataCollectionServer parameter (not the machine where SCVMM console runs) in the settings.xml configuration file. See the Add-On Parameterstopic for additional information.

Depending on the deployment scenario you choose, you will need to define a set of the add-on parameters. Several examples are provided below.

In the certain scenarios you may need to configure not all parameters but only some of them.

Example 1​

  • The add-on runs on the Auditor server.
  • The System account is used to launch the add-on via Task Scheduler (default configuration).
  • Configuration parameters to specify in settings.xml (sample values):
https://172.28.6.19:9699/netwrix/api/v1/activity_records</NetwrixAuditorEndpoint>```

```<NetwrixAuditorUserName/>```

```<NetrixAuditorPassword/>```

Configuration parameters __NetwrixAuditorUserName__ and __NetrixAuditorPassword__ are not required.

## Example 2

- The add-on runs on the Auditor server with the explicitly specified user credentials.
- Configuration parameters to specify in __settings.xml__ (sample values):

  ```<NetwrixAuditorEndpoint>
  https://172.28.6.19:9699/netwrix/api/v1/activity_records</NetwrixAuditorEndpoint>```

  ```<NetwrixAuditorUserName>SecurityOfficer```
  ```</NetwrixAuditorUserName>```

  ```<NetwrixAuditorPassword>NetwrixUser```
  ```</NetwrixAuditorPassword>```

## Example 3

- The add-on runs on the machine with SCVMM.
- The _System_ account is used to launch the add-on via Task Scheduler (default configuration).
- Configuration parameters to specify in __settings.xml__:

```<DataCollectionServer/>

<DataCollectionUserName/>

<DataCollectionPassword/>

Credentials for Data Collection Server (that is, SCVMM) are not required.

Example 4​

  • SCVMM and/or Auditor run on the machines other than the add-on server.

  • In this case, the corresponding set of credentials (for Data Collection Server and/or Netwrix Auditor) must be specified explicitly.

  • Configuration parameters to specify in settings.xml (sample values):

    <NetwrixAuditorEndpoint>https://172.28.6.19:9699/netwrix/api/v1/activity_records</NetwrixAuditorEndpoint>

<NetwrixAuditorUserName>SecurityOfficer</NetwrixAuditorUserName>

<NetrixAuditorPassword>NetwrixUser</NetrixAuditorPassword>

<DataCollectionServer>SCVMMServer</DataCollectionServer>

<DataCollectionUserName>SCVMMAdmin</DataCollectionUserName>

<DataCollectionPassword>Password</DataCollectionPassword>