System Monitoring

OneSpan Authentication Server supports application-level system monitoring with SNMP. This allows you to monitor OneSpan Authentication Server processing to provide notifications when specific events occur.

System monitoring is performed based on OneSpan Authentication Server audit messages and their content, and creates an alert when specified messages appear. These alerts or targets are sent via text messages, emails, or SNMP traps.

Use the OneSpan Authentication Server configuration interfaces to enable and configure system monitoring:

• To enable and configure system monitoring in the OneSpan Authentication Server Configuration Utility, use the Monitoring tab.

  Switch to the Audit tab of the Configuration Utility and make sure Audit Alerts is selected. System monitoring will not work unless audit alerts are enabled.

• To enable and configure system monitoring in the Administration Web Interface, use the SYSTEM > Server Configuration > System Monitoring tab.

If you enable system monitoring via the Configuration Utility, OneSpan Authentication Server needs to be restarted—the system automatically enforces this operation. If you enable system monitoring via the Administration Web Interface, OneSpan Authentication Server does not need to be restarted.

Filters help you to monitor critical events as they occur, rather than search through an extensive list of audit logs to locate potentially critical system events. For more information about filters, see System monitoring filters.