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Configure a Sumo Logic Ingest Mapping - Cloud SIEM

This topic has instructions for creating a Cloud SIEM ingest mapping for a data source. An ingest mapping gives Cloud SIEM the information it needs in order to map message fields to Record attributes. These are referred to as mapping hints, and include: Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID Pattern.

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The use of ingest mappings is recommended only if there is no Sumo Logic parser or Cloud-to-Cloud connector for the target data source. For more information, see Cloud SIEM Ingestion Best Practices.

Watch this micro lesson to learn more about ingest mapping for Cloud SIEM:

Watch this micro lesson to learn about forwarding ingested data to Cloud SIEM:

Before you start​

Before you create ingest mapping for your messages, you need to determine the information described in the following subsections.

How are your log messages formatted?​

You need to know how your messages are formatted. Cloud SIEM supports messages in the following formats:

  • Unstructured messages with a syslog header
  • Unstructured messages without a syslog header
  • JSON messages without a syslog header
  • JSON messages with a syslog header
  • CEF or LEEF messages with a syslog header
  • CEF or LEEF messages without a syslog header
  • Structured syslog data (key-value pairs) with a syslog header
  • Microsoft Windows event logs in XML format
  • Winlogbeats
  • Messages that have been processed by Sumo Logic Field Extraction Rules.

Determining Product, Vendor, and Event ID pattern​

When you fill out the Sumo Logic Ingest Mapping page, for most of the supported message formats, all you need to select a value for Format. However, for the following formats, you also need to tell Cloud SIEM the Product, Vendor, and Event ID template for the messages:

  • JSON messages without a syslog header
  • JSON messages with a syslog header
  • Structured syslog data (key-value pairs) with a syslog header
  • Messages that have been processed by Sumo Logic Field Extraction Rules.

For these formats, Cloud SIEM uses the values you configure for Product, Vendor, and Event ID (in addition to Format) to select the appropriate Cloud SIEM mapper to process the messages. To verify the correct values, you can go to the Log Mapping Details page for the mapper in the Cloud SIEM UI. To do so:

  1. Classic UI. In the top menu select Configuration, and then under Incoming Data select Log Mappings.
    New UI. In the top menu select Configuration, and then under Cloud SIEM Integrations select Log Mappings. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Log Mappings.
  2. The Log Mappings page displays a list of mappers.
    Log Mappings page
  3. In the Filters area, you can filter the list of log mappings by typing in a keyword, or by selecting a field to filter by.
    Log Mappings filters
  4. When you find the mapper you’re looking for, you can find the following for a mapper on the If Input Matches side of the page:
    • Vendor
    • Product
    • Format
    • Event ID pattern
      Log Mapping details

Quick reference to configuring ingest mappings​

This table in this section is a quick reference to supplying values for each supported message format on the Create Sumo Logic Mapping page in Cloud SIEM. This reference summarizes the step-by-step instructions provided below. 

If your messages are...Select this option for FormatAre Vendor, Product, andEvent ID pattern required?How Cloud SIEM picks a mapper
Unstructured logs lines with a syslog headerProcess Syslog with Valid HeaderNoCloud SIEM will send the messages to the mapper whose name is the same as the name of the pattern the message matches.
Unstructured log lines without a syslog headerDo not Process Syslog HeaderNoCloud SIEM will send the messages to the mapper whose name is the same as the name of the pattern the message matches.
JSON without a syslog headerJSONYesCloud SIEM will send the messages to the log mapper with the Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID pattern you enter in the Sumo Ingest Mapping.
JSON with a syslog header Process Syslog with Valid HeaderYou’ll be prompted to select whether messages are JSON or key-value pairs. Choose “JSON”.YesCloud SIEM will send the messages to the log mapper with the Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID pattern you enter in the Sumo Ingest Mapping.
CEF / LEEF with a syslog headerProcess Syslog with Valid HeaderNoCloud SIEM will send the messages to the log mapper with the Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID from the CEF/LEEF message.
CEF / LEEF without a syslog headerDo not Process Syslog HeaderNoCloud SIEM will send the messages to the log mapper with the Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID from the CEF/LEEF message.
Structured syslog data (KV pairs) with syslog headerProcess Syslog with Valid Header
You’ll be prompted to select whether messages are JSON or key-value pairs. Choose “Key-Value”. Then supply delimiters.		YesCloud SIEM will send the messages to the log mapper with the Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID pattern you enter in the Sumo Ingest Mapping.
Microsoft Windows event logs in XMLWindowsNoCloud SIEM will send a message to the log mapper whose:
Format is “Windows”
Vendor is “Microsoft”
Product is “Windows”
Event ID pattern is the value of {channel}-{eventid} from the Windows event, for example, “Security-1234”.
WinlogbeatsWinlogbeatsNoCloud SIEM will send a message to the log mapper whose:
Format is “Windows”
Vendor is “Microsoft”
Product is “Windows”
Event ID pattern is the value of {channel}-{eventid} from the Windows event, for example, “Security-1234”.
Fields extracted from Sumo Logic-ingested messagesExtracted Fields JSONYesCloud SIEM will send the messages to the log mapper with the Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID pattern you enter in the Sumo Ingest Mapping.

Configure Sumo Logic Ingest Mapping in Cloud SIEM​

In this step, you configure a Sumo Logic Ingest Mapping in Cloud SIEM for the source category assigned to your source or collector you configured. The mapping tells Cloud SIEM the information it needs to select the right mapper to process messages that have been tagged with that source category. 

  1. Classic UI. In the top menu select Configuration, and then under Integrations select Sumo Logic.
    New UI. In the top menu select Configuration, and then under Cloud SIEM Integrations select Ingest Mappings. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Ingest Mappings.
  2. On the Sumo Logic Ingest Mappings page, click Create.
  3. On the Create Sumo Logic Mapping popup:
    1. Source Category. Enter the category you assigned to the HTTP Source or Hosted Collector. 
    2. Format. Follow the instructions for the type of messages your source collects:

Unstructured messages with a syslog header​

If your messages are unstructured with a syslog header, all you need to do is select “Process Syslog with Valid Header” for Format. 

Create mapping

Unstructured messages without a syslog header​

If your messages are unstructured without a syslog header, all you need to do is select “Do not Process Syslog Header” for Format. 

Create mapping without header

JSON messages without a syslog header​

If your messages are JSON format without a syslog header, there are required and optional configuration settings.

Required settings: Format, Vendor, Product, and Event ID​

  1. For Format, select “JSON”. 
  2. You must specify values for Vendor, Product, and Event ID, which Cloud SIEM will use to determine what mapper to use for your messages. If you don’t know these values, see Determining Product, Vendor, and Event ID pattern, above.
    Create mapping with JSON format

Optional settings: Advanced JSON Parsing​

If you would like to manipulate the JSON data before it’s flattened and parsed, expand the Advanced JSON Parsing section of the popup.
Advanced JSON parsing

  1. JSON Explode. This option takes a JSON array value (flattened value) and creates multiple copies of the log line, one for each value of the array. You can only apply JSON Explode to one attribute within the JSON. For example, given the following example JSON log:

    { “animals” : { “pets” : [“cat”, “dog”], “owned”: “true”}, “kids”: “none”}

    Setting the JSON Explode to animals.pets results in the creation of two separate raw log lines:

    { “animals” : { “pets” : “dog”, “owned”: “true”}, “kids”: “none”}{ “animals” : { “pets” : “cat”, “owned”: “true”}, “kids”: “none”}

     

  2. JSON Zip Operations. Collapses JSON arrays in which key-value pairs are repeated with a common key identifier and value identifier. For example, given the following JSON array:

    { “pets” : [ {“name” : “fluffy”}, {“type”: “cat”}, {“name”: “fido”, “type” : “dog”}, {“name”: “sammy”, “type” : “snake}]}

    The JSON Zip operation will turn the array into: 

    { “pets” : { “fluffy” : “cat” , “fido” : “dog”, “sammy” : “snake”}}

    The JSON Zip parameters are:

    • Key Name. The name of the attribute whose value is the array to zip.
    • Match Key. The name of the attribute that represents the key in the output. In the example above, it’s name.
    • Match Value. The attribute in the array object that represents the value in the final output. In the example above it’s type.

JSON messages with a syslog header​

If your messages are JSON format with a syslog header:

  1. Format. Select “Process Syslog with Valid Header”. 
  2. Syslog Format. Choose “JSON”.
  3. You must specify values for Vendor, Product, and Event ID, which Cloud SIEM will use to determine what mapper to use for your messages. If you don’t know these values, see Determining Product, Vendor, and Event ID pattern.
    JSON message with syslog header

CEF or LEEF messages with a syslog header​

If your messages are CEF or LEEF messages with a syslog header, all you need to do is select “Process Syslog with Valid Header” for Format.

Don’t specify Syslog Format. 

Don’t specify Vendor, Product, or Event ID. Cloud SIEM can determine those values from the CEF or LEEF message itself.
Process syslog with valid header

CEF or LEEF messages without a syslog header​

If your messages are CEF or LEEF messages without a syslog header, all you need to do is select “Do Not Process Syslog Header” for Format.

Don’t specify Syslog Format. 

Don’t specify Vendor, Product, or Event ID. Cloud SIEM can determine those values from the CEF or LEEF message itself.
CEF or LEEF messages without header

Structured syslog data (key-value pairs) with a syslog header​

If your messages are structured syslog data (key-value pairs) with a syslog header:

  1. Format. Select “Process Syslog with Valid Header”. 
  2. Syslog Format. Choose “Key-Value”.
  3. The popup refreshes, with options for syslog delimiters.
  4. Syslog Delimiter. This is the delimiter between the key-value pairs.
  5. Syslog kv Delimiter. This is the delimiter between a key and a value.
  6. You must specify values for Vendor, Product, and Event ID, which Cloud SIEM will use to determine what mapper to use for your messages. If you don’t know these values, see Determining Product, Vendor, and Event ID pattern.
    Syslog delimiters

Microsoft Windows event logs in XML format​

If your messages are Windows event logs in XML format, all you need to do is select “Windows” for Format.

Cloud SIEM will determine the appropriate mapper to use from individual events. It will select the mapper whose:

  • Format is “Windows”.
  • Vendor is “Microsoft”.
  • Product is “Windows”.
  • Event ID is the value of {channel}-{eventid}, for example, “Security-1234”.
Windows mapping

Winlogbeats​

If your messages are from Winlogbeats, all you need to do is select “Winlogbeats” for Format.

Cloud SIEM will determine the appropriate mapper to use from individual events. It will select the mapper whose:

  • Format is “Windows”.
  • Vendor is “Microsoft”.
  • Product is “Windows”.
  • Event ID is the value of {channel}-{eventid}, for example, “Security-1234”.
Winlogbeats

Fields extracted from Sumo Logic-ingested messages​

If the messages with the source category you’ve specified in the mapping have had Sumo Logic Field Extraction Rules applied to them:

  1. Format. Select “Extracted Fields JSON”
  2. You must specify values for Vendor, Product, and Event ID, which Cloud SIEM will use to determine what mapper to use for your messages. If you don’t know these values, see Determining Product, Vendor, and Event ID pattern.
Extracted fields JSON

Enable mapping​

For Cloud SIEM to be able to select a mapper for messages from Sumo Logic, a valid ingest mapping must be configured and enabled for the source category associated with incoming messages. 

To enable the mapping you have created, move the Enabled slider to “On”.

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