ESM ArcSight plugins – how to

Step 7 – deploy the plugin

Start the ESM ArcSight Console and create a file item. Upload the JAR file that was created in the previous step: com.alex.plugins_1.0.0.jar:

Create a new package and add the file “HelloWorld” into it. Create a new group “realTimeModules”:

Copy or move or link the “HelloWorld” package to the “realTimeModules” folder:

Done! Now the ESM Manager will unpack the plugin class from the provided JAR file and register it in a chain of events handlers. The following log record will appear in the server.log file:

[2012-11-30 13:38:00,263][INFO ][default.com.arcsight.server.extension.ExtensionManager][deploy] deploying module HelloWorld

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