NXlog agent not collecting the windows security event from Forwarded Events.
Hi
We are not receiving the Windows security logs via the nxlog agent. We noticed that nxlog.log successfully connected the destination IP, and port.
2023-04-12 08:18:57 INFO [CORE|main] nxlog-5.7.7898 (68bb24e7e@REL_v5.7) started on Windows2023-04-12 08:18:57 INFO [om_udp|syslogout] connecting to 10.129.5.20:5212023-04-12 08:18:57 INFO [om_udp|syslogout] successfully connected to 10.129.5.20:521
Nxlog. conf file configuration
## Please set the ROOT to the folder your nxlog was installed into,## otherwise it will not start.define ROOT C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog
define CERTDIR %ROOT%\certdefine CONFDIR %ROOT%\confdefine LOGDIR %ROOT%\datadefine LOGFILE %LOGDIR%\nxlog.logLogFile %LOGFILE%Moduledir %ROOT%\modulesCacheDir %ROOT%\dataPidfile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pidSpoolDir %ROOT%\data<Extension syslog>Module xm_syslog</Extension><Input eventlog>Module im_msvistalog# ReadFromLast True<QueryXML><QueryList><Query Id="0"><Select Path="ForwardedEvents">*</Select></Query></QueryList></QueryXML></Input><Processor eventlog_transformer>Module pm_transformer# OutputFormat syslog_rfc5424</Processor><Processor buffer>Module pm_buffer# 100 MB disk bufferMaxSize 102400Type disk</Processor>########################OUTPUTS##########################<Output syslogout>Module om_udpHost 10.129.5.20:521########################PUTS EVENT IN IETF FORMAT############Exec to_syslog_snare();</Output><Route 1>Path eventlog => eventlog_transformer => syslogout</Route>
Note: We are using the nxlog agent version 5.7.7898 and security events are available in Forwarded events
Hi jilin,
Your pm_transformer
block does not seem to be used in your config, could you please try bypassing it to see if there is any improvement? Please change your Route Path
from:
Path eventlog => eventlog_transformer => syslogout
to:Path eventlog => syslogout
Cheers,
Konstantinos