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Activity Monitor 7.0 Agent and Console Paths

Overview

Netwrix Activity Monitor (NAM) 7.0 has changed its installation and configuration paths from 6.0. This article explains all the different locations and files that the NAM agent and console use.

If collecting SharePoint Online activity for Access Analyzer and upgrading from NAM 7.0 or earlier, review and update the SPAC (SharePoint Activity Auditing) System Scan job query configuration to reflect these new values: SPAA: Activity Log Locations.

Installation Binaries (Default Location)

This section covers installation binary locations only and does not include config files or logs.

Console

NAM Console

%PROGRAMFILES%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Console

NAM Agent install packages

Used for deployments, including Windows Agent, Linux Agent, and SI Agent

%PROGRAMFILES%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Console\Agents

Windows Agent

NAM Agent

%PROGRAMFILES%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent

SBTService

Only used for SBTService / Windows monitoring

%PROGRAMFILES%\Stealthbits\StealthAUDIT\FSAC

Windows Activity driver sys file

%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\SBTFSF.sys

SI Agent

Only used for AD activity

%PROGRAMFILES%\Stealthbits\StealthINTERCEPT\SIWindowsAgent

Linux Agent

NAM Agent

/usr/bin/activity-monitor-agentd

Program Data

This section covers program data locations, including config files, logs, and additional data.

Console

Console's list of agents and encrypted credentials

Access restricted to SYSTEM and BUILTIN\Administrators only

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Console\Agents.ini

NAM Console's license file

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Console\FileMonitor.lic

NAM Console's Debug Logs

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Console\DebugLogs

Windows Agent

NAM Agent's config file

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent\SBTFileMon.ini

NAM Agent's SI config File

Only used for AD activity

%PROGRAMFILES%\Stealthbits\StealthINTERCEPT\SIWindowsAgent\SAMConfig.xml

Main SI Agent's Config File

Only used for AD activity

%PROGRAMFILES%\Stealthbits\StealthINTERCEPT\SIWindowsAgent\SIWindowsAgent.exe.Config

NAM Agent's debug logs

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent\DebugLogs

NAM Windows Driver ETW Logs

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent\DebugLogs

Saved Crash Dumps of NAM Services

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent\Dumps

NAM Audit Logs

History of all config changes — also included in the Windows Event Log (Application)

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent\Audit

NAM Journal Logs

History of hosts and output statuses

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent\Journal

NAM Activity Logs

Default location — can be customized

%PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix\Activity Monitor\Agent\ActivityLogs

Linux Agent

NAM Agent's config file

/usr/bin/activity-monitor-agentd/config/SBTFileMon.ini

NAM Agent's debug logs

/usr/bin/activity-monitor-agentd/DebugLogs

NAM Audit Logs

History of all config changes — also included in the Windows Event Log (Application)

/usr/bin/activity-monitor-agentd/Audit

NAM Journal Logs

History of hosts and output statuses

/usr/bin/activity-monitor-agentd/Journal

NAM Activity Logs

Default location — can be customized

/usr/bin/activity-monitor-agentd/ActivityLogs

Windows Registry Key Location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SBTLogging\Parameters

Values

  • ConfigPath – String (REG_SZ)

    • Full path of config SBTFileMon.ini file that the agent is currently using
  • TraceLevel – DWORD 32-bit (REG_DWORD)

    • The integer value of the trace level that the product is currently using (for console and agents)
      • 0 – Trace
      • 1 – Debug
      • 2 – Information
      • 3 – Warning
      • 4 – Fatal