Reporting settings

Overview

Cayosoft Administrator Reporting settings define default folder paths to store exported data\HTML reports and default rule output type and style.

Note: Starting from the 10.3.0 version, you can choose whether to store the data locally on the computer running Administrator Service or use File Share (SMB) to store all data in Azure file share.

Local Storage type

Setting name	Description
File storage type	Local, on the computer running Administrator Service.
Folder to store exported data (CSV)	Specify a local path on the Administrator Service computer or a network path discoverable from the Administrator Service computer and accessible by the Service.
Folder to store reports (HTML)
Folder to store CSV templates

File Share (SMB)

If you want to store all the data in the Azure File Share, you should perform these steps first:

Create a storage account - Azure Storage
Create Azure file share
Get the script that mounts the Azure file share
Copy the required parameters from the script to the settings in the table below.

Script example:

$connectTestResult = Test-NetConnection -ComputerName jnstorageaccount.file.core.windows.net -Port 445
if ($connectTestResult.TcpTestSucceeded) {
# Save the password so the drive will persist on reboot
cmd.exe /C "cmdkey /add:`"jnstorageaccount.file.core.windows.net`" /user:`"localhost\jnstorageaccount`" /pass:`"x7AYAmgkC6b4+xkSEZybEfrfX+ImdSQaSKU+Ir8HARvKqCLpqaxXFMfKjmvCO5WH0+z2cssiliIaDmtqdKL8lQ==`""
# Mount the drive
New-PSDrive -Name Z -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\\jnstorageaccount.file.core.windows.net\cadata" -Persist
} else {
Write-Error -Message "Unable to reach the Azure storage account via port 445. Check to make sure your organization or ISP is not blocking port 445, or use Azure P2S VPN, Azure S2S VPN, or Express Route to tunnel SMB traffic over a different port."
}

The settings in the table will be specified based on the script.

Setting name	Description
File storage type	File Share (SMB)
File server name	Specify the file server name where the data will be stored: jnstorageaccount.file.core.windows.net
Share name	Specify the share name: cdata
Map to drive	Drive name: Z
User name	Specify user name from the script: localhost\jnstorageaccount
Password	Specify password from the script: x7AYAmgkC6b4+xkSEZybEfrfX+ImdSQaSKU +Ir8HARvKqCLpqaxXFMfKjmvCO5WH0+z2cssiliIaDmtqdKL8lQ==
Folder to store exported data (CSV)	Note: These folders should be created in the Azure File Share first and specified like '\FolderName', without quotes, just a backslash and folder name.
Folder to store reports (HTML)
Folder to store CSV templates	Specify a local path on the Administrator Service computer or a network path discoverable from the Administrator Service computer and accessible by the Service.
Reporting Settings
Default rule output type	Specify default rule output type.
Default rule output style	Specify default rule output style.

Change History

Version

Notes

10.3.0

Two file storage types are available:

Local, on the computer running Administrator Service
File share (SMB).

6.3.1

Reporting is introduced in the product as a separate item in the Administrator Console tree.

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Reporting settings

Overview