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This module sets Advanced Auditing Policy settings on Windows
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Version information

  • 1.2.1 (latest)
  • 1.0.2
released Jun 9th 2022
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x, 2017.2.x, 2017.1.x, 2016.5.x, 2016.4.x
  • Puppet >= 4.7.0 < 6.0.0

Start using this module

  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'kpn-advanced_audit_policy', '1.2.1'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add kpn-advanced_audit_policy
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install kpn-advanced_audit_policy --version 1.2.1

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kpn/advanced_audit_policy — version 1.2.1 Jun 9th 2022

advanced_audit_policy

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description
  3. Setup
  4. Usage
  5. Reference
  6. Limitations
  7. Development

Overview

This module sets and enforces the advanced auditing policies for windows.

Module Description

This module uses auditpol.exe to configure the advanced auditing policies on Windows. In addition all policies that are managed this way are stored in the audit.csv file so that the local group policy will not overwrite these settings every couple of hours.

Setup

Setup Requirements

This module requires:

What advanced_audit_policy affects

  • Advanced auditing policies.
  • C:\Windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Microsoft\Windows NT\Audit; the file in which windows group policy stores these policies.

Beginning with advanced_audit_policy

To start using advanced_audit_policy, include the defined type in your profile. Then configure the policies you want to set.

Note: This module can also remove unmanaged audit policies within this file. When this is done, the default settings for this auditing policy will be set when te system reapplies its advanced security policies.

Usage

Parameters

The advanced_audit_policy defined type accepts the following parameters:

policy (required)

Type: String

Default: $title

Values: Any valid advanced auditing subcategory.

Description: This String contains the auditing policy that will be managed with this module. Refer to the list of settings below.

ensure

Type: 'Enum'

Default: 'present'

Values: 'present' or 'absent'

Description: Defines whether this subsetting should be absent or present in the advanced audit settings configuration csv.

success

Type: Enum

Default: 'disable'

Description: Enables or disables the audit settings on success.

failure

Type: Enum

Default: 'disable'

Description: Enables or disables the audit settings on failure.

Examples

Example: Setting multiple auditing policies

  advanced_audit_policy {'Audit Logoff':
    ensure  => 'present',
    success => 'disable',
    failure => 'enable',
  }

  advanced_audit_policy {'Audit Logon':
    ensure => 'absent',
  }

  advanced_audit_policy {'example':
    policy  => 'Audit File Share'
    success => 'enable',
    failure => 'enable',
  }

Available Settings

This module can manages the following settings, future settings can be added to config.pp:

Windows 2008 R2 and higher

  • 'Audit Account Lockout'
  • 'Audit Application Generated'
  • 'Audit Application Group Management'
  • 'Audit Audit Policy Change'
  • 'Audit Authentication Policy Change'
  • 'Audit Authorization Policy Change'
  • 'Audit Certification Services'
  • 'Audit Computer Account Management'
  • 'Audit Credential Validation'
  • 'Audit Detailed Directory Service Replication'
  • 'Audit Detailed File Share'
  • 'Audit Directory Service Access'
  • 'Audit Directory Service Changes'
  • 'Audit Directory Service Replication'
  • 'Audit Distribution Group Management'
  • 'Audit DPAPI Activity'
  • 'Audit File Share'
  • 'Audit File System'
  • 'Audit Filtering Platform Connection'
  • 'Audit Filtering Platform Packet Drop'
  • 'Audit Filtering Platform Policy Change'
  • 'Audit Handle Manipulation'
  • 'Audit IPsec Driver'
  • 'Audit IPsec Extended Mode'
  • 'Audit IPsec Main Mode'
  • 'Audit IPsec Quick Mode'
  • 'Audit Kerberos Authentication Service'
  • 'Audit Kerberos Service Ticket Operations'
  • 'Audit Kernel Object'
  • 'Audit Logoff'
  • 'Audit Logon'
  • 'Audit MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change'
  • 'Audit Network Policy Server'
  • 'Audit Non Sensitive Privilege Use'
  • 'Audit Other Account Logon Events'
  • 'Audit Other Account Management Events'
  • 'Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events'
  • 'Audit Other Object Access Events'
  • 'Audit Other Policy Change Events'
  • 'Audit Other Privilege Use Events'
  • 'Audit Other System Events'
  • 'Audit Process Creation'
  • 'Audit Process Termination'
  • 'Audit Registry'
  • 'Audit RPC Events'
  • 'Audit SAM'
  • 'Audit Security Group Management'
  • 'Audit Security State Change'
  • 'Audit Security System Extension'
  • 'Audit Sensitive Privilege Use'
  • 'Audit Special Logon'
  • 'Audit System Integrity'
  • 'Audit User Account Management'

Windows 2012 R2 and higher

  • 'Audit Central Access Policy Staging'
  • 'Audit Removable Storage'
  • 'Audit User / Device Claims'

Windows 2016 and higher

  • 'Audit Group Membership'
  • 'Audit Token Right Adjusted'
  • 'Audit PNP Activity'

Reference

Defined Types

  • advanced_audit_policy

Provider

  • auditpolicy

Limitations

This is where you list OS compatibility, version compatibility, etc.

This module works on:

  • Windows 2008 R2
  • Windows 2012 R2
  • Windows 2016
  • Windows 2019
  • Windows 2022

Development

You can contribute by submitting issues, providing feedback and joining the discussions.

Go to: https://github.com/kpn-puppet/puppet-kpn-advanced_audit_policy

If you want to fix bugs, add new features etc:

  • Fork it
  • Create a feature branch ( git checkout -b my-new-feature )
  • Apply your changes and update rspec tests
  • Run rspec tests ( bundle exec rake spec )
  • Commit your changes ( git commit -am 'Added some feature' )
  • Push to the branch ( git push origin my-new-feature )
  • Create new Pull Request