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Configure a syslog-ng server to send Palo Alto Networks data to your Splunk platform deployment

  1. Navigate to /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf and save a copy of syslog-ng.conf as a backup before making any additional configurations.
  2. Navigate to /etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/, and create a file called pan.conf.
  3. Open pan.conf, and paste the following information in order to configure your server to listen on UDP port 514:
    # syslog-ng config to receive syslog messages from  Palo Alto Networks devices
    
    options{
            create-dirs(yes);
    };
     
    #Listen on UDP port 514
    source s_net{
            udp(port("514"));
    };
     
     
    #Destinations where syslog-ng should write to
    destination d_threat            { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/threat/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-threat.log"); };
    destination d_traffic           { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/traffic/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-traffic.log"); };
    destination d_system            { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/system/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-system.log"); };
    destination d_config            { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/config/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-config.log"); };
    destination d_hipmatch          { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/hipmatch/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-hipmatch.log"); };
    destination d_endpoint          { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/endpoint/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-endpoint.log"); };
    destination d_wildfire          { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/wildfire/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-wildfire.log"); };
    destination d_correlation       { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/correlation/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-correlation.log"); };
    destination d_aperture          { file("/var/log/syslog/pan/$HOST/aperture/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY-aperture.log"); };
     
     
    #Filters to route sourcetypes to sepearate files
    filter f_threat         { message("THREAT"); };
    filter f_traffic        { message("TRAFFIC"); };
    filter f_system         { message("SYSTEM"); };
    filter f_config         { message("CONFIG"); };
    filter f_hipmatch       { message("HIPMATCH") };
    filter f_endpoint       { message("ENDPOINT"); };
    filter f_wildfire       { message("WILDFIRE"); };
    filter f_correlation    { message("CORRELATION"); };
    filter f_aperture       { message("APERTURE"); };
     
    #Log definitions
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_threat); filter(f_threat); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_traffic); filter(f_traffic); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_system); filter(f_system); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_config); filter(f_config); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_hipmatch); filter(f_hipmatch); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_endpoint); filter(f_endpoint); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_wildfire); filter(f_wildfire); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_correlation); filter(f_correlation); };
    log { source(s_net); destination(d_aperture); filter(f_aperture); };
    
  4. Save your changes. To optionally change your port, replace the source s_net{ udp(port("514")); with the desired port number.
  5. Restart syslog-ng to apply updates.
    sudo service syslog-ng restart
Last modified on 07 December, 2018
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8, 8.0.9, 8.0.10


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