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Ava.cer And Avs.cer Are Not Updated After Rotating of AVS Certificates (Doc ID 3064444.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 24, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall - Version 20.9.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A following documentation is guiding to verify certification files at step 8 in "3.7.3 Rotating Audit Vault Server Certificates".

https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/audit-vault-database-firewall/20/sigad/security_guidelines.html#GUID-3978C1CD-11E7-4CAD-B48D-9F6C1F734954

Oracle® Audit Vault and Database Firewall Administrator's Guide Release 20
3 General Security Guidelines
3.7.3 Rotating Audit Vault Server Certificates

Oracle AVDF 20.9 and 20.10 Standalone

8. Verify that the local and peer certificates are valid.
Verify the following local certificates:

- /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ca.crt
- /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost_internal.crt
- /usr/local/dbfw/etc/cert.crt
- /usr/local/dbfw/etc/avs/avs_apex_client.crt
- /usr/local/dbfw/etc/avs/avswallet
- /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt

Verify the following peer certificates:

- /usr/local/dbfw/etc/avs/fwcerts/fw-[ip].cert
- /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ha_partner.crt
- /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/ava.cer <<<<<<<<<< here
- /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/avs.cer <<<<<<<<<< here


However, /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/ava.cer and /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/avs.cer are not updated after the rotation of AVS certification.

 

 

 

Changes

Rotating Audit Vault Server Certificates

Cause

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