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Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Data Access Service
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Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment
Data Access Service
The Data Access Service (DAS) is Sentinel Server's persistence service and provides a message bus
interface to the database. Some of the services it provides are event storage, Historical Query, event
drill down, vulnerability, Advisor data retrieval, and configuration manipulation.
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Section 4.1, “DAS Container Files,” on page 47
4.1 DAS Container Files
DAS is a collection of services provided by different processes. Each process is a container
responsible for different types of database operations. These processes are:
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DAS Core: DAS Core is responsible for the following:
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Performs general Sentinel Service operations including Login and Historical Query.
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Provides the server-side functionality for Active Views.
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Calculates event data summaries that are used in reports.
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Provides the server-side functionality for the Sentinel iTRAC functionality.
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Provides a command line interface to certain DAS services. Used primarily for third-party
integration.
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Provides the server-side of the SSL proxy connection to Sentinel Server.
Š DAS Binary: Performs event database insertion.
DAS Proxy is not directly part of the DAS collection of services. It is part of the Communication
Server and does not directly connect to the database.
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Section 4.1.1, “Reconfiguring Database Connection Properties,” on page 47
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Section 4.1.2, “DAS Logging Properties Configuration Files,” on page 48
4.1.1 Reconfiguring Database Connection Properties
The primary settings in these configuration files that can be configured using the dbconfig utility are
related to the database connection, including:
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username
Š password
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hostname
Š port number
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database (database name)