Path
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Need for whitelisting
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Impact if not whitelisted
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<ELA_HOME>/ES/data |
Elasticsearch indexed data is stored. |
All the collected logs will not be available if the data is deleted. |
<ELA_HOME>/ES/repo |
Elasticsearch index snapshot is taken at this location. |
Snapshots and Elasticsearch archival feature will fail if the files at this location are deleted. |
<ELA_HOME>/ES/archive |
Elasticsearch archives are stored here. |
Archived log data will not be available if the files located here are deleted. |
<ME>/elasticsearch/ES/data |
Elasticsearch indexed data is stored. |
Reports would be affected if the data is deleted. |
<ME>/elasticsearch/ES/repo |
Elasticsearch index snapshot is taken at this location. |
Snapshots and Elasticsearch archival feature will fail if the files at this location are deleted. |
<ME>/elasticsearch/ES/archive |
Elasticsearch archives are stored here. |
Data will not be available if the files located here are deleted. |
<ELA_HOME>/data/za/threatfeeds |
Bundled files containing a list of malicious IPs, domains and URLs that will be used in case there is no internet connectivity will be stored here. These files will be deleted on the first default threat feed synchronization. Whitelisting is required only till first synchronization. |
If the files are removed and if there is no internet connectivity, then the list of malicious threat sources will be missed from the dataset. |
<ELA_HOME>/data/AlertDump |
Formatted logs are stored before processing for alerts. Might be detected as false positive by Antivirus applications. |
If the file is quarantined or deleted, related alerts would be missed. |
<ELA_HOME>/data/NotificationDump |
Formatted logs are stored before processing for notification. Might be detected as false positive by Antivirus applications. |
If the file is quarantined or deleted, notification for triggered alerts would be missed. |
<ELA_HOME>/bin |
All binaries are included here. Some Antivirus applications might block them as false positive. |
Product might not function. |
<ELA_HOME>/data/imworkflow |
Binaries uploaded by users for workflow execution are stored here. |
Script Alert workflow might not work as intended. |
<ELA_HOME>/pgsql/bin |
Postgres binaries are included here. Might be detected as false positive by Antivirus applications. |
Product might not start. |
<ELA_HOME>/lib/native |
All binaries are included here. Some Antivirus applications might block them as false positive. |
Product might not function. |
<ELA_HOME>/archive (If the archive folder is moved to a new location, add the new location) |
Antivirus applications might slow down frequent write operations. |
Performance issues might occur in the product if the Antivirus applications slow down write operations. |
<ELA_HOME>/troubleshooting |
All troubleshooting binaries are included here. Some Antivirus applications might block them as false positive. |
Some troubleshooting batch files might not work. |
<ELA_HOME>/tools |
All tools binaries are included here. Some Antivirus applications might block them as false positive. |
Some tools might not work if the files are removed by Antivirus applications. |
<ELA_HOME>/ES/CachedRecord |
Antivirus applications might slow down frequent write operations. |
Performance issues might occur in the product if the Antivirus applications slow down write operations. |