syslog-ng Open Source Edition 3.22 - Administration Guide

Example: Using the mbox() driver

The following example reads the e-mails of the root user on the syslog-ng OSE host.

@include "scl.conf"
source root-mbox {
    mbox("/var/spool/mail/root");
};

Example: Using the hook-commands() with a network source

In the following example, the hook-commands() is used with the network() driver and it opens an iptables port automatically as syslog-ng OSE is started/stopped.

The assumption in this example is that the LOGCHAIN chain is part of a larger ruleset that routes traffic to it. Whenever the syslog-ng OSE created rule is there, packets can flow, otherwise the port is closed.

source {
   network(transport(udp)
	hook-commands(
          startup("iptables -I LOGCHAIN 1 -p udp --dport 514 -j ACCEPT")
          shutdown("iptables -D LOGCHAIN 1")
        )
     );
};

Example: Using the osquery() driver with the default settings

The following syslog-ng OSE configuration sample uses the default settings of the driver, reading osquery result logs from the /var/log/osquery/osqueryd.results.log file, and writes the log messages generated from the traps into a file.

@version: 3.10
@include "scl.conf"
source s_osquery {
    osquery();
};
log {
    source(s_osquery);
    destination {
        file("/var/log/example.log");
    };
};

Filter for messages related to loading Linux kernel modules:

@version: 3.10
@include "scl.conf"
source s_osquery {
    osquery();
};
log {
    source(s_osquery);
    filter f_modules {
        "${.osquery.name}" eq "pack_incident-response_kernel_modules"
    };
    destination {
        file("/var/log/example.log");
    };
};

Example: Using the osquery() driver with custom configuration

The following syslog-ng OSE configuration sample reads osquery result logs from the /tmp/osquery_input.log file, and writes the log messages generated from the traps into a file. Using the format-json template, the outgoing message will be a well-formed JSON message.

Input message:

{"name":"pack_osquery-monitoring_osquery_info","hostIdentifier":"testhost","calendarTime":"Fri Jul 21 10:04:41 2017 UTC","unixTime":"1500631481","decorations":{"host_uuid":"4C4C4544-004D-3610-8043-C2C04F4D3332","username":"myuser"},"columns":{"build_distro":"xenial","build_platform":"ubuntu","config_hash":"43cd1c6a7d0c283e21e026a53e619b2e582e94ee","config_valid":"1","counter":"4","extensions":"active","instance_id":"d0c3eb0d-f8e0-4bea-868b-18a2c61b438d","pid":"19764","resident_size":"26416000","start_time":"1500629552","system_time":"223","user_time":"476","uuid":"4C4C4544-004D-3610-8043-C2C04F4D3332","version":"2.5.0","watcher":"19762"},"action":"added"}

syslog-ng OSE configuration:

@version: 3.10
@include "scl.conf"
source s_osquery {
    osquery(
      file(/tmp/osquery_input.log)
      prefix(.osquery.)
    );
};
destination d_file {
    file(
      "/tmp/output.txt"
      template("$(format_json --key .osquery.*)\n")
    );
};
log {
  source(s_osquery);
  destination(d_file);
  flags(flow-control);
};

Outgoing message:

Outgoing message; message='{"_osquery":{"unixTime":"1500631481","name":"pack_osquery-monitoring_osquery_info","hostIdentifier":"testhost","decorations":{"username":"myuser","host_uuid":"4C4C4544-004D-3610-8043-C2C04F4D3332"},"columns":{"watcher":"19762","version":"2.5.0","uuid":"4C4C4544-004D-3610-8043-C2C04F4D3332","user_time":"476","system_time":"223","start_time":"1500629552","resident_size":"26416000","pid":"19764","instance_id":"d0c3eb0d-f8e0-4bea-868b-18a2c61b438d","extensions":"active","counter":"4","config_valid":"1","config_hash":"43cd1c6a7d0c283e21e026a53e619b2e582e94ee","build_platform":"ubuntu","build_distro":"xenial"},"calendarTime":"Fri Jul 21 10:04:41 2017 UTC","action":"added"}}\x0a'

Example: Using the hook-commands() with a network source

In the following example, the hook-commands() is used with the network() driver and it opens an iptables port automatically as syslog-ng OSE is started/stopped.

The assumption in this example is that the LOGCHAIN chain is part of a larger ruleset that routes traffic to it. Whenever the syslog-ng OSE created rule is there, packets can flow, otherwise the port is closed.

source {
   network(transport(udp)
	hook-commands(
          startup("iptables -I LOGCHAIN 1 -p udp --dport 514 -j ACCEPT")
          shutdown("iptables -D LOGCHAIN 1")
        )
     );
};