I have set up a Graylog server in order to send my DNS logs to and installed Packetbeat on the Windows DNS server. In the instructions I found for configuring the yml file, it said to use either the username and password or the API Key. I left the API key commented out an used the username and pass. Ran the test in windows and got the following message:
C:\Program Files\Packetbeat>.\packetbeat.exe -e -c packetbeat.yml
Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 220: did not find expected key
Also the graylog server is expecting to see my dns logs coming in on custom port 1053 any the only place I was able to see anywhere I could alter that in the packetbeat.yml was under the connection settings back to the elasticsearch server. So for that variable I used x.x.x.x:1053. Not sure if that is correct or not. This is my first time using Packetbeat so I may have it all screwed up. I will include a copy of the config. If this is not allowed or frowned upon feel free to just delete the post. Thanks in advance.
#################### Packetbeat Configuration Example #########################
# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The packetbeat.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/packetbeat/index.html
# =============================== Network device ===============================
# Select the network interface to sniff the data. On Linux, you can use the
# "any" keyword to sniff on all connected interfaces. On all platforms, you
# can use "default_route", "default_route_ipv4" or "default_route_ipv6"
# to sniff on the device carrying the default route. If you wish to sniff
# on multiple network interfaces you may specify an array of distinct interfaces
# as a YAML array with each device's configuration specified individually.
# Each device may only appear once in the array of interfaces.
#
# packetbeat.interfaces:
# - device: en0
# internal_networks:
# - private
# - device: en1
# internal_networks:
# - private
#
packetbeat.interfaces.device: default_route_ipv4
# Specify the amount of time between polling for changes in the default
# route. This option is only used when one of the default route devices
# is specified.
packetbeat.interfaces.poll_default_route: 1m
# The network CIDR blocks that are considered "internal" networks for
# the purpose of network perimeter boundary classification. The valid
# values for internal_networks are the same as those that can be used
# with processor network conditions.
#
# For a list of available values see:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/defining-processors.html#condition-network
packetbeat.interfaces.internal_networks:
- private
# =================================== Flows ====================================
# Set `enabled: false` or comment out all options to disable flows reporting.
packetbeat.flows:
# Set network flow timeout. Flow is killed if no packet is received before being
# timed out.
#timeout: 30s
# Configure reporting period. If set to -1, only killed flows will be reported
#period: 10s
# =========================== Transaction protocols ============================
packetbeat.protocols:
- type: icmp
# Enable ICMPv4 and ICMPv6 monitoring. The default is true.
enabled: false
- type: amqp
# Configure the ports where to listen for AMQP traffic. You can disable
# the AMQP protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [5672]
- type: cassandra
# Configure the ports where to listen for Cassandra traffic. You can disable
# the Cassandra protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [9042]
- type: dhcpv4
# Configure the DHCP for IPv4 ports.
ports: [67, 68]
- type: dns
# Configure the ports where to listen for DNS traffic. You can disable
# the DNS protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
ports: [53]
- type: http
# Configure the ports where to listen for HTTP traffic. You can disable
# the HTTP protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [80, 8080, 8000, 5000, 8002]
- type: memcache
# Configure the ports where to listen for memcache traffic. You can disable
# the Memcache protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
ports: [11211]
- type: mysql
# Configure the ports where to listen for MySQL traffic. You can disable
# the MySQL protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [3306,3307]
- type: pgsql
# Configure the ports where to listen for Pgsql traffic. You can disable
# the Pgsql protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [5432]
- type: redis
# Configure the ports where to listen for Redis traffic. You can disable
# the Redis protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [6379]
- type: thrift
# Configure the ports where to listen for Thrift-RPC traffic. You can disable
# the Thrift-RPC protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [9090]
- type: mongodb
# Configure the ports where to listen for MongoDB traffic. You can disable
# the MongoDB protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [27017]
- type: nfs
# Configure the ports where to listen for NFS traffic. You can disable
# the NFS protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [2049]
- type: tls
# Configure the ports where to listen for TLS traffic. You can disable
# the TLS protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports:
#- 443 # HTTPS
#- 993 # IMAPS
#- 995 # POP3S
#- 5223 # XMPP over SSL
#- 8443
#- 8883 # Secure MQTT
#- 9243 # Elasticsearch
- type: sip
# Configure the ports where to listen for SIP traffic. You can disable
# the SIP protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
#ports: [5060]
# You can monitor tcp SIP traffic by setting the transport_protocol option
# to tcp, it defaults to udp.
#transport_protocol: tcp
# ======================= 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:
# A list of tags to include in every event. In the default configuration file
# the forwarded tag causes Packetbeat to not add any host fields. If you are
# monitoring a network tap or mirror port then add the forwarded tag.
#tags: [forwarded]
# 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 Packetbeat 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: ["X.X.X.X:1053"]
# 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: ["localhost: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 =================================
processors:
- # Add forwarded to tags when processing data from a network tap or mirror.
if.contains.tags: forwarded
then:
- drop_fields:
fields: [host]
else:
- add_host_metadata: ~
- add_cloud_metadata: ~
- add_docker_metadata: ~
- detect_mime_type:
field: http.request.body.content
target: http.request.mime_type
- detect_mime_type:
field: http.response.body.content
target: http.response.mime_type
# ================================== 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",
# "publisher", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]
# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Packetbeat 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
# Packetbeat 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:
# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================
# Instrumentation support for the packetbeat.
#instrumentation:
# Set to true to enable instrumentation of packetbeat.
#enabled: false
# Environment in which packetbeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
#environment: ""
# APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
#hosts:
# - http://localhost:8200
# API Key for the APM Server(s).
# If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
#api_key:
# Secret token for the APM Server(s).
#secret_token:
# ================================= Migration ==================================
# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true
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