SMF records

API Mediation Layer can issue SMF type 83, 230, or 231 security-related audit records. You can use SMF records to assist with auditing events when a Personal Access Token is created.

To enable this functionality on your Zowe instance, see the configuration procedure.

It is possible to customize some predefined values in the SMF record. For more information, see the full list of configurable parameters.

Note: Record type 83 is a RACF processing record. This record type can be replaced by other SMF types depending on the ESM:

• ACF2 - SMF type 230
• TSS - SMF type 231

Configure the main Zowe server to issue SMF records

This security configuration is necessary for API ML to be able to issue SMF records. A user running the API Gateway must have read access to the RACF general resource IRR.RAUDITX in the FACILITY class. To set up this security configuration, submit the ZWESECUR JCL member. For users upgrading from version 1.18 and lower, use the configuration steps that correspond to the ESM.

To check whether you already have the auditing profile defined, issue the following command and review the output to confirm that the profile exists and that the user ZWESVUSR who runs the ZWESVSTC started task has READ access to this profile.

• If you use RACF, issue the following command:

  RLIST FACILITY IRR.RAUDITX AUTHUSER
• If you use Top Secret, issue the following command:

  TSS WHOHAS IBMFAC(IRR.RAUDITX)
• If you use ACF2, issue the following commands:

  SET RESOURCE(FAC)

  LIST LIKE(IRR-)

If the user ZWESVUSR who runs the ZWESVSTC started task does not have READ access to this profile, follow the procedure that corresponds to your ESM:

• If you use RACF, update permission in the FACILITY class.

  Follow these steps:

  1. Add user ZWESVUSR permission to READ.

     PERMIT IRR.RAUDITX CLASS(FACILITY) ACCESS(READ) ID(ZWESVUSR)
  2. Activate changes.

     SETROPTS RACLIST(FACILITY) REFRESH

• If you use Top Secret, add user ZWESVUSR permission to READ. Issue the following command:

  TSS PER(ZWESVUSR) IBMFAC(IRR.RAUDITX) ACCESS(READ)

• If you use ACF2, add user ZWESVUSR permission to READ. Issue the following commands:

  SET RESOURCE(FAC)

  RECKEY IRR ADD(RAUDITX ROLE(&STCGRP.) SERVICE(READ) ALLOW)

  F ACF2,REBUILD(FAC)

SMF record configurable parameters

The following list of parameters can be used to modify the default SMF record values. Default values for these parameters can be overwritten in zowe.yaml. For more information, see how to configure rauditx parameters.

Parameter	Description	Type	Default value
rauditx.fmid	FMID of the product or component issuing the SMF record	string	AZWE001
rauditx.component	Name of the product or component issuing the SMF record	string	ZOWE
rauditx.subtype	SMF type 83 record subtype assigned to the component. For more information, see description of subtypes	integer	2
rauditx.event	Event code. For more information, see description of event codes	integer	2
rauditx.qualifier.success	Event Code Qualifier for success. The value can be between 0 and 255	integer	0
rauditx.qualifier.failed	Event Code Qualifier for failure. The value can be between 0 and 255	integer	1

Configure rauditx parameters

Use the following procedure to change the rauditx.fmid parameter. This procedure can be applied to any SMF record configurable parameters.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the zowe.yaml configuration file.
2. Find or add the property zowe.environments.RAUDITX_FMID and set your desired value.
3. Restart Zowe.