Log Forwarding - Splunk¶
Overview¶
Splunk is a very common and powerful SIEM that is used by many companies. Valtix supports Log Forwarding to Splunk to send Security Events and Traffic Log information for processing, storage, access and correlation. The information sent is in a semi-structured JSON format where the attribute-value pairs can be accessed and processed.
Requirements¶
In order to forward logs to Splunk, the following information is required:
- Splunk account
- Splunk Collector URL
- Event Collector Key
- Index Name
Tip
For information on the Splunk Event Collector, refer to Splunk HTTP Event Collector
Profile Parameters¶
| Parameter | Deonticity | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profile Name | Required | A unique name to use to reference the Profile | |
| Description | Optional | A description for the Profile | |
| Destination | Required | Datadog | The SIEM used for the Profile |
| Skip Verify Certificate | Optional | Unchecked | Whether to skip verifying the authenticity of the certificate |
| Endpoint | Required | The URL used to access the HTTP Event Collector | |
| Token | Required | The Splunk Token to allow Valtix to communicate with Splunk | |
| Index | Required | main | The name of the Splunk index used to store events |