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alert_actions.conf

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alert_actions.conf.spec

# This file contains possible attributes and values for generating ITSI 
# notable events and configuring episode actions.
#
# There is an alert_actions.conf in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/SA-ITOA/default/.
# To set custom configurations, place an alert_actions.conf in
# $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/SA-ITOA/local/. You must restart Splunk to enable
# configurations.
#
# To learn more about configuration files (including precedence) please see
# the documentation located at
# http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ITSI/latest/Configure/ListofITSIconfigurationfiles

GLOBAL SETTINGS

# Use the [default] stanza to define any global settings.
#  * You can also define global settings outside of any stanza, at the top
#    of the file.
#  * Each .conf file should have at most one default stanza. If there are
#    multiple default stanzas, attributes are combined. In the case of
#    multiple definitions of the same attribute, the last definition in the
#    file wins.
#  * If an attribute is defined at both the global level and in a specific
#    stanza, the value in the specific stanza takes precedence.

ttl = <integer> [p]
* The minimum time to live (TTL), in seconds, of the search artifacts
  if this action is triggered.
* If p follows the integer, then the integer is the number of scheduled periods.
* Default: 600 (10 minutes)

maxtime = <integer> [m|s|h|d]
* The maximum amount of time that the execution of an action is allowed to
  take before the action is aborted.
* Use the d, h, m and s suffixes to define the period of time:
  d = day, h = hour, m = minute and s = second.
  For example: 5d means 5 days.
* If you do not include a suffix, the time defaults to seconds. 
* Default: 600 (10 minutes)

maxresults = <integer>
* The maximum number of search results sent via the alert.
* Default: 10000

is_custom = <boolean>
* Specifies whether the alert action is based on the custom alert
  actions framework and is supposed to be listed in the search UI.
* Default: 1

label = <string>
* Defines the label shown in the UI. 
* If not specified, the stanza name is used instead.

description = <string>
* Defines the description shown in the UI.

payload_format = [xml|json]
* The format in which the alert script receives
  the configuration via STDIN.
* Default: json

[itsi_event_generator]

* Generate notable events under this stanza name.
* ITSI sends notable events to the ITSI summary index.
* Follow this stanza name with any number of the following
  attribute/value pairs.
* If you do not specify an entry for each attribute, Splunk will
  use the default value.

param.http_token_name = <string>
* The HTTP token name.
* Optional.
* If you do not provide a token name, ITSI obtains one
  token using the index and sourcetype parameters below.

param.index = <string>
* The index name. 
* This setting is required if you do not provide an HTTP
  token for the 'param.http_token_name' setting.
* Default: itsi_tracked_alerts

param.sourcetype = <string>
* The sourcetype. 
* This setting is used if you do not provide an HTTP
  token for the 'param.http_token_name' setting.
* Default: itsi_notable:event

param.event_identifier_fields = <comma-separated list>
* A list of fields that are used to identify event duplication.
* Default: source

param.search_type = <string>
* The search type. 
* Default: custom

param.is_use_event_time = <boolean>
* If "1", ITSI uses the actual event time.
* If "0", ITSI uses the time the event was indexed.
* Default: 0

param.event_field_max_length = <integer>
* The maximum field length. 
* Default: 10000

[itsi_sample_event_action_ping]

* Ping a host in one or more ITSI episodes under this stanza name.
* Follow this stanza name with any number of the following
  attribute/value pairs.
* If you do not specify an entry for each attribute, Splunk will
  use the default value.

param.host_to_ping = <string>
* The field from the episode representing the host to ping.
* If your event contains the field 'server', set to '%server%'.
* When ITSI executes the alert action, it extracts the value corresponding
  to the token value from event data and tries to ping it.
* If you set a value that does not begin and end with '%', ITSI
  considers this to be the value to ping. No extractions are done in this case.
* Default: %orig_host%

[itsi_event_action_link_ticket]

* Set options to associate an episode with a ticket from an
  external ticketing system under this stanza name.
* Follow this stanza name with any number of the following
  attribute/value pairs.
* If you do not specify an entry for each attribute, Splunk will
  use the default value.

param.ticket_system = <string>
* The name of the external ticketing system.
* This setting is required to create/update/delete a ticket.
* There is no default.
 
param.ticket_id = <string>
* The ID of the specific ticket to link to.
* This setting is required to create/update/delete a ticket.
* There is no default.
 
param.ticket_url = <string>
* The drilldown link to the ticket in the external ticketing system.
* This setting is required to create/update a ticket.
* There is no default.

param.operation = <upsert|delete>
* Specifies the type of action to take on the ticket.
* If "upsert", ITSI inserts or updates existing fields.
* If "delete", ITSI deletes the ticket.
* There is no default.

param.kwargs = <dict>
* A dictionary of additional fields to pass to the ticket. 
* Optional.
* There is no default.

[itsi_event_action_send_to_phantom]

* Set options to send an episode to Phantom under this stanza name.
* Follow this stanza name with any number of the following
  attribute/value pairs.
* If you do not specify an entry for each attribute, Splunk will
  use the default value.

is_custom = <boolean>
* Specifies whether the alert action is based on the custom alert
  actions framework and is supposed to be listed in the search UI.
* Default: 1

label = <string>
* Defines the label shown in the UI. 
* If not specified, the stanza name is used instead.

description = <string>
* Defines the description shown in the UI.

payload_format = [xml|json]
* The format in which the alert script receives
  the configuration via STDIN.
* Default: json

alert_actions.conf.example

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