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Policy Decision Log Publisher

Note: this is an abstract component that cannot be instantiated.

Policy Decision Log Publishers are used to record authorization decisions returned from a policy decision point (PDP).

Direct Subcomponents
Parent Component
Properties
dsconfig Usage

Direct Subcomponents

The following Policy Decision Log Publishers are available in the server :

These Policy Decision Log Publishers inherit from the properties described below.

Parent Component

The Policy Decision Log Publisher component inherits from the Log Publisher

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


General Configuration Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description  None
↓ enabled
↓ logging-error-behavior
↓ include-pdp-response
Log Messages To Include Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ policy-message-type  None

Basic Properties

description

Property Group
General Configuration
Description
A description for this Log Publisher
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Property Group
General Configuration
Description
Indicates whether the Log Publisher is enabled for use.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

logging-error-behavior

Property Group
General Configuration
Description
Specifies the behavior that the server should exhibit if an error occurs during logging processing.
Default Value
standard-error
Allowed Values
standard-error - Write a message to standard error in the event of a logging failure.

lockdown-mode - Place the server in lockdown mode in the event of a logging failure.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

include-pdp-response

Property Group
General Configuration
Description
Indicates whether policy decision messages recorded by this log publisher will include the full response returned by the PDP. If this property is enabled, then the complete PDP response will be logged. Otherwise, this log publisher will only record summary information about policy decisions.

Please note that the PDP response may contain potentially sensitive data. The contents of the PDP response can be adjusted using the decision-response-view property of the Policy Decision Service.

Default Value
true
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

policy-message-type

Property Group
Log Messages To Include
Description
Specifies the policy message types to be logged.
Default Value
decision
Allowed Values
decision - A policy authorization decision.

advice - Application of a policy advice.
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Log Publishers:

dsconfig list-log-publishers
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig get-log-publisher-prop
     --publisher-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig set-log-publisher-prop
     --publisher-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig delete-log-publisher
     --publisher-name {name}