How to Enable Compliance Reporter for Dell Data Security Servers

This article provides the steps for enabling Dell Compliance Reporter on Dell Data Security server products.

Affected Products:

• Dell Security Management Server
• Dell Security Management Server Virtual

Affected Versions:

• v10.1.0 to 11.2.0

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows
• Linux

Dell Compliance Reporter was disabled due to known vulnerabilities and replaced with Managed Reports in v10.1 for Dell Data Security products:

• Dell Security Management Server
• Dell Security Management Server Virtual

In rare circumstances, Dell Compliance Reporter must be re-enabled for legacy or custom reports. Click either Dell Security Management Server or Dell Security Management Server Virtual for more information.

Dell Security Management Server

1. Go to %SystemRoot%\System32.
2. Right-click Notepad.exe and then select Run as administrator.

3. Click File and then select Open.

4. In the Open UI:
   1. Go to File Name C:\Program Files\Dell\Enterprise Edition\Security Server\conf\application.properties.
   2. Change the menu selection from Text Documents (*.txt) to All Files (*.*).
   3. Click Open.

5. Modify reporter.server.url= to reporter.server.url=https://FQDN.domain.com:8084/reporter.

6. Click File and then select Save.

7. Right-click the Windows Start Menu and then click Run.

8. In the Run UI, type services.msc and then click OK.

9. Locate and then double-click Dell Compliance Reporter.

10. From the Dell Compliance Reporter Properties:
    1. Change Startup type to Automatic.
    2. Click the Service status button to Start.
    3. Click OK.

11. Right-click Dell Security Server and click Restart.

Dell Security Management Server Virtual

1. Log in to the Dell Enterprise Server Virtual administration console.

2. Stop the server services.

3. From the Main Menu, select Launch Shell and then press Enter.

4. From Shell, type su dellsupport and then press Enter.

5. Populate the password and then press Enter.

6. Type sudo vi /opt/dell/server/security-server/conf/application.properties and then press Enter.

7. Scroll to reporter.server.url.

8. At reporter.server.url=, press I to insert.

9. At reporter.server.url=, type https://FQDN.domain.com:8084/reporter.

10. Press ESC to exit the insert option, type :wq! and then press Enter.

11. Type sudo ufw allow in "Dell Compliance Reporter" and then press Enter.

12. Type exit and then press Enter.

13. Type exit and then press Enter.

14. Start the server services.

To contact support, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.
Go to TechDirect to generate a technical support request online.
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