# how to develope for the sentinel **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [April 20, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955 "2015-04-20T15:54:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sharfuddin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sharfuddin](https://forums.suse.com/u/sharfuddin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/1 "2015-04-20T15:54:02Z")
Hello, Without development skills its hard to survive with Sentinel class of products. I experienced a lot of environment/organizations where there must be at least 2 or 3 products running which Sentinel does not support. So having skills to develop Collectors/Connector is a must to work with Sentinel. Appreciate if someone here help me what path should I take, any course that I should attend ? any pre-reqs that I should meet before attending the course. Please recommend/suggest. Regards, ## – sharfuddin sharfuddin’s Profile: [https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016](https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016) View this thread: [https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346](https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346) ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/2 "2015-04-20T16:05:53Z")
Start with the Sentinel SDK: [https://www.novell.com/developer/develop\_to\_sentinel.html](https://www.novell.com/developer/develop_to_sentinel.html) It would help to develop something so you understand the flow of data from event source, through connector, then collector, and on into Sentinel. It may also help to understand the taxonomy: [https://www.novell.com/developer/plugin-sdk/sentinel\_taxonomy.html](https://www.novell.com/developer/plugin-sdk/sentinel_taxonomy.html) If you have never programmed before, do so in a few languages. Sentinel collectors use ECMAscript (JavaScript) so play around with that, either with starter tutorials from w3schools, or with actual collector code. All collectors, by nature, can have their code reviewed. Look for the parse() function and try understanding what it does. From there find the other functions like normalize(), and for a lot of depth, send() on the Event object. – Good luck. If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below… ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/3 "2015-04-20T17:01:50Z")
On 20/04/2015 14:05, ab wrote: [color=blue] > Start with the Sentinel SDK:[/color] Given this is the “no support” chat forum which in this case would seem to be NetIQ’s Sentinel forum @ [https://forums.netiq.com/forumdisplay.php?38-Sentinel](https://forums.netiq.com/forumdisplay.php?38-Sentinel) ## HTH. Simon Novell/NetIQ Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![sharfuddin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sharfuddin](https://forums.suse.com/u/sharfuddin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/4 "2015-04-21T10:56:39Z")
smflood;256521 Wrote:[color=blue] > On 20/04/2015 14:05, ab wrote: > [color=green] > > > Start with the Sentinel SDK:[/color] > > Given this is the “no support” chat forum which in this case would seem > to be NetIQ’s Sentinel forum @ > [https://forums.netiq.com/forumdisplay.php?38-Sentinel](https://forums.netiq.com/forumdisplay.php?38-Sentinel) > > ## HTH. > > Simon > Novell/NetIQ Knowledge Partner > > * * * > > If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, > please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------[/color] Hello Simon, as my question has nothing to do with “Support” therefore I thought _this_ might be the right place to discuss. ## – sharfuddin sharfuddin’s Profile: [https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016](https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016) View this thread: [https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346](https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346) ---
**Author:** ![sharfuddin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sharfuddin](https://forums.suse.com/u/sharfuddin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/5 "2015-04-21T11:04:01Z")
Thanks ab for the directions, I would love to follow them. ## – sharfuddin sharfuddin’s Profile: [https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016](https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016) View this thread: [https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346](https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346) ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/6 "2015-04-21T17:11:18Z")
I think what Simon is trying to say is that the Sentinel forum is for all things Sentinel. You are most likely to get answers to your questions by posting in that forum where the people that know and use Sentinel hang out. Any questions about a specific product will probably be best handled in that product specific forum. Good luck. – Kim - 4/21/2015 8:07:45 AM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/7 "2015-04-21T18:02:24Z")
You were fine posting here. Simon was just suggesting that for anything further, the other forum is probably the best place to find answers. 🙂 – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
**Author:** ![sharfuddin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sharfuddin](https://forums.suse.com/u/sharfuddin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-develope-for-the-sentinel/26955/8 "2015-04-22T11:14:02Z")
Now I understand Simon 🆒 ## – sharfuddin sharfuddin’s Profile: [https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016](https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=1016) View this thread: [https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346](https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=53346)