Extreme Networks CloudIQ: enable Cloudi-Fi log storage for legal compliance

Describes how to configure your Extreme Networks CloudIQ to forward Syslogs to Cloudi-Fi.

Use case

The following sections provide step-by-step instructions for activating Cloudi-Fi in your CloudIQ infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Access to Cloudi-Fi's admin console
• Access to the CloudIQ
• Get Cloudi-Fi's syslog server IP address

1. Configure Network Policies

• Go to Configure Network Policies
• Edit your policy

You can go to the Wireless Networks tab and edit the Guest WLAN.

2. Create a new user profile and add the rules  

Scroll down to User Access Settings:

• Create a new user profile.

In the Create User Profile window, go to the Security tab:

• Enable Firewall Rules: ON
  • Create a new Firewall Rule :
    
    • IP Firewall Name: Cloudi-Fi Logging
      • Click + to add a rule
      • Service: Any
      • Source IP: Any
      • Destination IP: Any
      • Action: Permit
      • Logging: Session Initiation
      • Click Save Firewall Rules

Note that we allow all flows in our example, but you can create deny rules if you want to deny specific flows

Then, you can save the Wireless Policies settings.

3. Enable and configure Syslog server

• Go to the Additional Settings tab:
• Go to Policy Settings 
  • Syslog Server
    

    • Enable Syslog Server: ON

    • The Cloudi-Fi Support team will provide you with Syslog IP and Port.

    • Syslog group :

      • Select Emergency for all group

      • Except for Security, select Info

  • Click on Save Syslog Server

You can go to the Deploy tab and deploy your policy on your devices.

Troubleshooting 

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What’s next?

Please refer to this page for additional details regarding Extreme Networks and Cloudi-Fi configurations.