Logging and Monitoring Clients

Monitor logs and events using customizable views and reports. Use these GUI clients:

GUI Client

Description

SmartConsole >
Logs & Monitor

Analyze events that occur in your environment with customizable views and reports.

The Logs view replaces the SmartView Tracker and SmartLog GUI clients.

SmartView Web Application

It has the same real-time eventClosed Record of a security or network incident that is based on one or more logs, and on a customizable set of rules that are defined in the Event Policy. monitoring and analysis views as SmartConsoleClosed Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on., with the convenience of not having to install a client.

Browse to: https://<Server IP>/smartview/, where <Server IP> is IP address of the Security Management ServerClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in a Check Point environment within a single management Domain. Synonym: Single-Domain Security Management Server. or SmartEvent ServerClosed Dedicated Check Point server with the enabled SmartEvent Software Blade that hosts the events database..

These GUI clients are still supported:

GUI Client

Description

SmartEvent

SmartView Monitor

  • To monitor tunnels

  • To monitor users

  • For suspicious activity rules

  • To monitor alerts - Thresholds configuration

For more about monitoring, see Monitoring Traffic and Connections.

SmartView GUI Clients

Administrator access permissions can be limited by the GUI Clients list based on IP address, IP range, a network or a host name.This list is based on the GUI clients' access configuration as defined on the relevant Security Management ServerClosed Check Point Single-Domain Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server. or a Multi-Domain ServerClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to host virtual Security Management Servers called Domain Management Servers. Synonym: Multi-Domain Security Management Server. Acronym: MDS..

See the R81 Security Management Administration Guide > Chapter Managing Administrator Accounts > Section Defining Trusted Clients.

To open the SmartEvent GUI:

  1. Open SmartConsole > Logs & Monitor.

  2. Click (+) for a Catalog (new tab).

  3. In the External Apps section, click SmartEvent Settings & Policy.

To open the SmartView Monitor GUI:

  1. Open SmartConsole > Logs & Monitor.

  2. Click (+) for a Catalog (new tab).

  3. In the External Apps section, click Tunnel & User Monitoring.