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Version: v4.29

Splunk

Splunk is a SIEM solution for storing and processing logs. Tenzir can send data to Splunk via HEC.

Examples​

Send data to an existing HEC endpoint​

To send data from a pipeline to a Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) endpoint, use the to_splunk operator.

For example, deploy the following pipeline to forward Suricata alerts to Splunk:

subscribe "suricata"
where @name == "suricata.alert"
to_splunk "https://1.2.3.4:8088", hec_token="TOKEN", tls_no_verify=true

Replace 1.2.3.4 with the IP address of your Splunk host and TOKEN with your HEC token.

For more details, see the documentation for the to_splunk operator.

Spawn a HEC endpoint as pipeline source​

To send data to a Tenzir pipeline instead of Splunk, you can open a Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) endpoint using the from_fluent_bit source operator.

For example, to onboard all data into a Tenzir node instead of Splunk, point your data source to the IP address of the Tenzir node at port 9880 by deploying this pipeline:

from_fluent_bit "splunk", options={
  splunk_token: "TOKEN",
}
publish "splunk"

Replace TOKEN with the Splunk token configured at your data source.

To listen on a different IP address, e.g., 1.2.3.4 add listen: 1.2.3.4 to the options argument.

For more details, read the official Fluent Bit documentation of the Splunk input.

Example Co-Deployment​

To test Splunk and Tenzir together, use the following Docker Compose setup.

Setup the containers​

version: "3.9"
 
services:
  splunk:
    image: ${SPLUNK_IMAGE:-splunk/splunk:latest}
    platform: linux/amd64
    container_name: splunk
    environment:
      - SPLUNK_START_ARGS=--accept-license
      - SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN=abcd1234
      - SPLUNK_PASSWORD=tenzir123
    ports:
      - 8000:8000
      - 8088:8088
 
  tenzir-node:
    container_name: "Demo"
    image: tenzir/tenzir:latest
    pull_policy: always
    environment:
      - TENZIR_PLUGINS__PLATFORM__CONTROL_ENDPOINT=wss://ws.tenzir.app/production
      - TENZIR_PLUGINS__PLATFORM__API_KEY=<PLATFORM_API_KEY>
      - TENZIR_PLUGINS__PLATFORM__TENANT_ID=<PLATFORM_TENANT_ID>
      - TENZIR_ENDPOINT=tenzir-node:5158
    entrypoint:
      - tenzir-node
    volumes:
      - tenzir-node:/var/lib/tenzir/
      - tenzir-node:/var/log/tenzir/
 
  tenzir:
    image: tenzir/tenzir:latest
    pull_policy: never
    profiles:
      - donotstart
    depends_on:
      - tenzir-node
    environment:
      - TENZIR_ENDPOINT=tenzir-node:5158
 
volumes:
  tenzir-node:
    driver: local

Configure Splunk​

After you spun up the containers, configure Splunk as follows:

  1. Go to http://localhost:8000 and login with admin:tenzir123
  2. Navigate to Add data → Monitor → HTTP Event Collector
  3. Configure the event collector:
    • Name: Tenzir
    • Click Next
    • Copy the token
    • Keep Start searching