TLS considerations for IT Data Analytics

In the TrueSight IT Data Analytics environment, various components can communicate with each other in a secure manner using TLS 1.2. These components are as follows:

Console Server
Search
CLI client
Collection Station and Collection Agent

Related topics

Deployment use cases and best practices

Communication ports and protocols

Security considerations

You can enable TLS 1.2 on the supported communication channels after installing IT Data Analytics. For more information, see Configuring a secured connection.

For more information about enabling TLS 1.2 between TrueSight Presentation Server (or TrueSight Infrastructure Management registered with TrueSight Presentation Server) and Atrium Single Sign-On, see Configuring TrueSight Infrastructure Management to enable TLS 1.2 .

The following security architecture diagram shows an illustration of the product components and their connections that are secured with TLS 1.2.

Click to view table of abbreviations used in the diagram

The following table lists definitions of abbreviations and terminology used in the preceding diagram:

Item	Description	Additional information
ITDA Server	TrueSight IT Data Analytics server, a combination of the following components: Console Server Search	Viewing component status and associated properties
Atrium Single Sign-On	User-authentication mechanism necessary for integrating with TrueSight Presentation Server	Deploying IT Data Analytics with Atrium Single Sign-On
Configuration DB	Configuration Database component	Viewing component status and associated properties
PNet/TSIM	ProactiveNet or TrueSight Infrastructure Management	Integrating with Infrastructure Management and ProactiveNet
PNet/TSIM Cell	ProactiveNet or TrueSight Infrastructure Management remote cells	Integrating with Infrastructure Management and ProactiveNet cells
TSPS	TrueSight Presentation Server	Integrating with TrueSight Presentation Server
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol	Setting up emails
Collection Data Sources	Data sources (such as log files and Windows events) for monitoring using Collection Station or Collection Agents	Agent types
Ports	Port numbers used for communicating between components and external systems	Communication ports and protocols

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