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Receiving fpolicy event, any documentation available?

olauret — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:14 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to find a way to collect the Fpolicy events. Is there any documentation on the protocol used by fpolicy?

I am wondering if the raw messages could be received by listening on a TCP port.

Regards,

Olivier

Re: Receiving fpolicy event, any documentation available?

DarrenJ — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 03:08:06 GMT

These documents might be useful.

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/pdfs/sidebar/Use_FPolicy_for_file_monitoring_and_management_on_SVMs.pdf

https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Software/ONTAP_OS/FPolicy_What_is_it_and_what_does_it_do

Re: Receiving fpolicy event, any documentation available?

NetApp_SR — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 03:13:10 GMT

Hello,

I am not sure what events your wanting to see but check the commands and links below to see if any meet your needs. Your Fpolicy server may provide the events your looking to review.

::>vserver fpolicy policy event show

Varonis For NetApp ONTAP

https://www.varonis.com/integrations/netapp

How FPolicy works

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/pdfs/sidebar/How_FPolicy_works.pdf

NetApp File Activity Monitoring

https://stealthbits.com/blog/netapp-file-activity-monitoring/

FAQ: FPolicy: Auditing

https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Software/ONTAP_OS/FAQ%3A_FPolicy%3A_Auditing

Re: Receiving fpolicy event, any documentation available?

darb0505 — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 03:21:11 GMT

Hi @olauret,

We use one or more of the following protocols when we communicate with the FPolicy server: http(s), tcp, or CIFS(NFSv4 possible in the future).

You can reference the following KBs for some additional information on NetApp FPolicy

KB: FPolicy: What is it and what does it do

KB: What are the FPolicy partner solutions for ONTAP?

The 2nd KB includes some additional links to our Technical Reports for specific vendors. We also provides a cloud based fpolicy solution Cloud Secure via Cloud Insights.

Let us know if you have any additional questions.

Thanks,

Brad