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Step 1: Add a Database

Database audit supports databases built on ECS, BMS, and RDS on the console. After applying for a database audit instance, you need to add the database to be audited to the instance.

Prerequisites

You have applied for a database audit instance and the Status is Running.

Adding a Database

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Select a region, click , and choose Security > Database Security Service. The Dashboard page is displayed.
  3. In the navigation tree on the left, choose Databases.
  4. In the Instance drop-down list, select the instance whose database is to be added.
  5. Click Add Database.
  6. In the dialog box displayed, set the database information. In the dialog box displayed, set the database information. For details about related parameters, see Table 1.

    Table 1 Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Name

    Custom name of the database to be added

    test1

    IP Address

    IP address of the database to be added.

    The IP address must be an internal IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format.

    IPv4: 192.168.1.1

    IPv6: fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000

    Type
    Supported database type. The options are as follows:
    • MYSQL
    • ORACLE
    • POSTGRESQL
    • SQLSERVER
    • DWS
    • GaussDB for MYSOL
    • GaussDB
    • DAMENG
    • KINGBASE
    • SHENTONG
    • GBase 8a
    • GBase XDM Cluster
    • Greenplum
    • HighGo
    • Mariadb
    NOTE:

    If ORACLE is selected, to make the audit settings take effect, restart the applications to be audited and log in to the database again.

    MYSQL

    Port

    Port number of the database to be added

    3306

    Version

    Supported database versions

    • When Type is set to MYSQL, the following versions are available:
    • When Type is set to ORACLE, the following versions are available:
      • 11g
      • 12c
      • 19c
    • When Type is set to POSTGRESQL, the following versions are available:
      • 7.4
      • 8.0

        8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

      • 9.0

        9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6

      • 10.0

        10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5

      • 11.0
      • 12.0
      • 13.0
    • When Type is set to SQLSERVER, the following versions are available:
      • 2008
      • 2012
      • 2014
      • 2016
      • 2017
    • When Type is set to DWS, the following versions are available:
      • 1.5
    • When Type is set to GaussDB for MySQL, the following version is available:
      • MySQL 8.0
    • When Type is set to GaussDB, the following version is available:
      • 1.4 Enterprise Edition
    • When Type is set to DAMENG, the following version is available:
      • DM8
    • When Type is set to KINGBASE, the following version is available:
      • V8

    5.0

    Instance

    Instance name of the database to be audited

    NOTE:
    • If you do not configure the Instance field, database audit will audit all instances in the database.
    • If you enter an instance name, database audit will audit the entered instance. Enter a maximum of five instance names and use semicolons (;) to separate instance names.

    -

    Character Set

    Encoding format of the database character set. The options are as follows:

    • UTF-8
    • GBK

    UTF-8

    OS
    OS of the added database. The options are as follows:
    • LINUX64
    • WINDOWS64

    LINUX64

    Database Type

    Type of the database to be added. Its value can be RDS database or Self-built database.

    RDS database

  7. Click OK. Then a database in the Disabled state has been added to the database list. See Figure 1.

    Figure 1 Successfully adding a database
    • After adding the database, confirm that the database information is correct. If the database information is incorrect, locate the target database and click Delete in the Operation column, and add the database again.