Cortex XSIAM destination plugin - Cortex XCOR Documentation

This information is for Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline, which is a standalone product separate from Palo Alto Networks Cortex XCOR.

The Cortex XSIAM destination plugin (name: http, alias: paloaltocortex) lets you configure your telemetry pipeline to send logs to Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM.

Supported telemetry types

The Cortex XSIAM destination plugin for Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline supports these telemetry types:

Logs	Metrics	Traces

Configuration parameters

Use the parameters in this section to configure the Cortex XSIAM destination plugin. The Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline web interface uses the items in the Name column to describe these parameters. Pipeline configuration files use the items in the Key column as YAML keys.

General

Name	Key	Description	Default
Cortex URL	`host`	Required. Specifies your Cortex XSIAM webhook URL.	`api-{tenant external URL}.crtx.us.paloaltonetworks.com`
Port	`port`	Required. Specifies TCP port of the target HTTP server.	`443`
Cortex URI and Instance	`uri`	Required. Specifies the URI to use as part of the request.	`/xsoar/instance/execute/my_instance_01`
Headers	`header`	Required. Sets an HTTP header key-value pair. Use your ingest API token to authenticate with Cortex XSIAM.	`Authorization [REPLACE WITH TOKEN]`

Advanced

Name	Key	Description	Default
Format	`format`	Specifies the data format to use in the HTTP request body. Accepted values: `json_lines`, `json`, `json_stream`.	`json`
Compress	`compress`	Sets the payload compression mechanism. Accepted values: `gzip`, none.	none
HTTP Proxy	`proxy`	Specifies an HTTP proxy. The expected format of this value is `http://host:port`.	none
JSON Date Format	`json_date_format`	Sets the date format. Accepted values: `double`, `epoch`, `iso8601`, `java_sql_timestamp`.	`iso8601`
JSON Date Key	`json_date_key`	Specifies the name of the date field in output.	`_time`
Body Key	`body_key`	Specifies the key that contains the format.	none
Header Tag	`header_tag`	Sets an HTTP header whose value is the tag of the record.	none
Header Key	`headers_key`	Specifies the key that contains the headers.	none

Security and TLS

Name	Key	Description	Default
TLS	`tls`	If `true`, enables TLS/SSL. If `false`, disables TLS/SSL. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`true`
TLS Certificate Validation	`tls.verify`	If `on`, and if `tls` is `true`, enables TLS/SSL certificate validation. If `off`, disables TLS/SSL certificate validation. Accepted values: `on`, `off`.	`on`
TLS Debug Level	`tls.debug`	Sets TLS debug verbosity level. Accepted values: `0` (No debug), `1` (Error), `2` (State change), `3` (Informational), `4` (Verbose).	`1`
CA Certificate File Path	`tls.ca_file`	Absolute path to CA certificate file.	none
Certificate File Path	`tls.crt_file`	Absolute path to certificate file.	none
Private Key File Path	`tls.key_file`	Absolute path to private key file.	none
Private Key Path Password	`tls.key_passwd`	Password for private key file.	none
TLS SNI Hostname Extension	`tls.vhost`	Hostname to be used for TLS SNI extension.	none

Advanced Networking

Name	Key	Description	Default
DNS Mode	`net.dns.mode`	Selects the primary DNS connection type, which can be `TCP` or `UDP`.	none
DNS Resolver	`net.dns.resolver`	Selects the primary DNS connection type, which can be `LEGACY` or `ASYNC`.	none
Prefer IPv4	`net.dns.prefer_ipv4`	Prioritizes IPv4 DNS results when trying to establish a connection. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`false`
Keepalive	`net.keepalive`	Enables or disables Keepalive support. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`true`
Keepalive Idle Timeout	`net.keepalive_idle_timeout`	Sets the maximum time allowed for an idle Keepalive connection.	`30s`
Max Connect Timeout	`net.connect_timeout`	Sets the maximum time allowed to establish a connection, which includes the TLS handshake.	`10s`
Max Connect Timeout Log Error	`net.connect_timeout_log_error`	Specifies whether to log an error on connection timeout. When disabled, the timeout is logged as a debug message. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`true`
Source Address	`net.source_address`	Specifies the network address to bind for data traffic.	none
Max Keepalive Recycle	`net.keepalive_max_recycle`	Sets the maximum number of times a keepalive connection can be used before it’s retired.	`2000`

Basic Authentication

Name	Key	Description	Default
HTTP Username	`http_user`	Basic auth username.	none
HTTP Password	`http_passwd`	Basic auth password. Requires `http_user` to be set.	none