Below is my auditbeat config. What about this is so CPU taxing?
` ###################### Auditbeat Configuration Example #########################
# This is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The auditbeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all
# the supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/index.html
#========================== Modules configuration =============================
auditbeat.modules:
#- module: auditd
# Load audit rules from separate files. Same format as audit.rules(7).
# audit_rule_files: [ '${path.config}/audit.rules.d/*.conf' ]
#audit_rules: |
## Define audit rules here.
## Create file watches (-w) or syscall audits (-a or -A). Uncomment these
## examples or add your own rules.
## If you are on a 64 bit platform, everything should be running
## in 64 bit mode. This rule will detect any use of the 32 bit syscalls
## because this might be a sign of someone exploiting a hole in the 32
## bit API.
#-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S all -F key=32bit-abi
## Executions.
#-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve,execveat -k exec
## External access (warning: these can be expensive to audit).
#-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S accept,bind,connect -F key=external-access
## Identity changes.
#-w /etc/group -p wa -k identity
#-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity
#-w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k identity
#-w /etc/shadow -p wa -k identity
## Unauthorized access attempts.
#-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S open,creat,truncate,ftruncate,openat,open_by_handle_at -F exit=-EACCES -k access
#-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S open,creat,truncate,ftruncate,openat,open_by_handle_at -F exit=-EPERM -k access
- module: file_integrity
paths:
- /bin
- /usr/bin
- /sbin
- /usr/sbin
- /etc
- /home/admin
exclude_files:
- /home/admin/virtual_appliance_configuration
- /home/admin/bash*
- '(?i)\.sw[nop]$'
- '~$'
- '/\.git($|/)'
scan_at_start: true
scan_rate_per_sec: 50 MiB
max_file_size: 5000 MiB
hash_types: [sha256]
recursive: true
- module: system
datasets:
- host # General host information, e.g. uptime, IPs
- login # User logins, logouts, and system boots.
- package # Installed, updated, and removed packages
- process # Started and stopped processes
- socket # Opened and closed sockets
- user # User information
# How often datasets send state updates with the
# current state of the system (e.g. all currently
# running processes, all open sockets).
state.period: 12h
# Enabled by default. Auditbeat will read password fields in
# /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and store a hash locally to
# detect any changes.
user.detect_password_changes: true
# File patterns of the login record files.
login.wtmp_file_pattern: /var/log/wtmp*
login.btmp_file_pattern: /var/log/btmp*
#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================
setup.template.settings:
index.number_of_shards: 1
#index.codec: best_compression
#_source.enabled: false
#================================ General =====================================
# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:
# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]
# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
# env: staging
#============================== Dashboards =====================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false
# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:
#============================== Kibana =====================================
# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:
# Kibana Host
# Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
# In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
# IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
#host: "localhost:5601"
# Kibana Space ID
# ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
# the Default Space will be used.
#space.id:
#============================= Elastic Cloud ==================================
# These settings simplify using Auditbeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).
# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:
# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:
#================================ Outputs =====================================
# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
#output.elasticsearch:
# Array of hosts to connect to.
# hosts: ["10.10.207.69:9200"]
# Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
#protocol: "https"
# Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
#api_key: "id:api_key"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"
#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
output.logstash:
# The Logstash hosts
hosts: ["10.10.10.1:5044"]
# Optional SSL. By default is off.
# List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
#ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]
# Certificate for SSL client authentication
#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"
# Client Certificate Key
#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"
#================================ Processors =====================================
# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.
processors:
#- add_host_metadata: ~
#- add_cloud_metadata: ~
#- add_docker_metadata: ~
- drop_event:
when:
or:
- equals:
destination.ip: "127.0.0.53"
- equals:
destination.port: "5044"
#================================ Logging =====================================
# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug
# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]
#============================== X-Pack Monitoring ===============================
logging.metrics.enabled: false
# auditbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The
# reporting is disabled by default.
# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false
# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Auditbeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:
# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:
#================================= Migration ==================================
# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true`