Chronicle Forwarder

Supported Types

Metrics	Logs	Traces
	✓

Prerequisites

Ensure you have a Chronicle forwarder set up and running. More details on setting this up can be found in the Chronicle documentation here.

Configuration Fields

Field	Description
Export Type	The method of export to use, either `syslog` or `file`.
Raw Log Field	The field name containing raw log data.
Syslog Endpoint	The Chronicle forwarder endpoint for Syslog (if Syslog is chosen as the export type).
Syslog Transport	The transport protocol to use (e.g., TCP, UDP) for Syslog.
Enable TLS	Whether or not to use TLS for secure transmission (relevant for Syslog).
Skip TLS Verification	Option to skip TLS certificate verification (if TLS is enabled).
TLS Certificate File	Path to the x509 PEM certificate (if TLS is enabled).
TLS Private Key File	Path to the x509 PEM private key (if TLS is enabled).
TLS CA File	Path to the x509 PEM certificate authority file (if TLS is enabled).
File Path	The path to the file for storing logs (if File is chosen as the export type).

Example Configurations

Syslog Configuration

observIQ docs - Chronicle Forwarder Destination - image 1

Standalone Destination for Syslog Configuration

yaml

1apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
2kind: Destination
3metadata:
4  id: chronicleforwarder
5  name: chronicleforwarder
6spec:
7  type: chronicleforwarder
8  parameters:
9    - name: export_type
10      value: 'syslog'
11    - name: raw_log_field
12      value: 'attributes["raw"]'
13    - name: syslog_endpoint
14      value: '127.0.0.1:10514'
15    - name: syslog_transport
16      value: 'tcp'
17    - name: enable_tls
18      value: 'false'

File Configuration

observIQ docs - Chronicle Forwarder Destination - image 2

Standalone Destination for File Configuration

yaml

1apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
2kind: Destination
3metadata:
4  id: chronicleforwarder
5  name: chronicleforwarder
6spec:
7  type: chronicleforwarder
8  parameters:
9    - name: export_type
10      value: 'file'
11    - name: raw_log_field
12      value: 'body'
13    - name: file_path
14      value: '/path/to/logfile'

Updated 4 months ago