[syslog-ng] use of Syslog-ng to filter logs for forwarding to Splunk

[Fekete, Róbert]

Hi,

Yes, you can do that with OSE. Which OSE version you need depends on how
you want to send the logs to Splunk. For example, the http() destination
referenced in the first blogpost needs a fairly recent version (at least
3.8 I think). Another (somewhat less sophisticated) option is to write the
logs into files, and have Splunk to read those files - that can be done
with older syslog-ng versions as well.

You can find links to recent packages at
https://syslog-ng.org/3rd-party-binaries/


On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Stuart Martin <S.Martin at sstl.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
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> Great, thanks for coming back to me so quickly with very useful
> information. Can I just confirm that the OSE will support this, don’t need
> Premium or anything?
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> Many Thanks
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> Kind Regards
>
>
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> Stuart
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> *From:* syslog-ng [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] *On Behalf
> Of *Fekete, Róbert
> *Sent:* 18 May 2017 12:37
> *To:* Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <
> syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
> *Subject:* Re: [syslog-ng] use of Syslog-ng to filter logs for forwarding
> to Splunk
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> Hi Stuart,
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> Although it is not explicitly mentioned in the docs (I should add a
> section sometime), syslog-ng can do this. You can find more details about
> it in these Splunk blogposts:
>
> https://www.splunk.com/blog/2017/03/30/syslog-ng-and-hec-
> scalable-aggregated-data-collection-in-splunk.html
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.splunk.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F03%2F30%2Fsyslog-ng-and-hec-scalable-aggregated-data-collection-in-splunk.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHA6B3pNK8iYkhvMNKJAofoQBv9NA>
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> https://www.splunk.com/blog/2016/03/11/using-syslog-ng-with-splunk/
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.splunk.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2F03%2F11%2Fusing-syslog-ng-with-splunk%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFszFq3emOTowQPzMgYOMdJ_txVEQ>
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> HTH,
>
> Robert
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> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Stuart Martin <S.Martin at sstl.co.uk>
> wrote:
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> Hi
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> We are looking to collect logs from servers and devices in our DMZ and
> then filter the logs of unnecessary information to then be sent to our
> internal Splunk instance.
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> Would Syslog-ng OSE edition be capable of this task?
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> I’ve started to read through your excellent documentation for the OSE
> edition, I was wondering what route I should take to configure it for the
> scenario described above? The link I am thinking is correct is the “To
> configure syslog-ng OSE as a relay that receives log messages from client
> hosts and forwards them to a central logserver, see *Procedure 4.2,
> Configuring syslog-ng on server hosts*
> <https://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-latest-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/configure-servers.html>
> .”
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> Does that sound correct?
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> Many Thanks
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> Kind Regards
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> *Stuart Martin*
>
> *Infrastructure Security Engineer*
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