Google Chronicle 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 Google Chronicle destination plugin (name: chronicle) lets you configure your telemetry pipeline to output data to Google Chronicle.

Supported telemetry types

The Google Chronicle 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 Google Chronicle 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.

Chronicle Settings

Name	Key	Description	Default
Google Service Credentials Path	`google_service_credentials`	The Service Credentials file lets Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline communicate directly with Google Cloud Services using a service account.	none
GCP Service Account Email	`service_account_email`	Account email associated with the service. Available only if no credentials file has been provided.	none
GCP Service Account Secret	`service_account_secret`	Private key content associated with the service account. Available only if no credentials file has been provided.	none
GCP Project Id	`project_id`	The project ID containing the tenant of Google Chronicle to stream into.	none
Google Chronicle Customer ID	`customer_id`	Required. The customer ID to identify the tenant of Google Chronicle to stream into.	none
Google Chronicle Log Type	`log_type`	Required. The log type to handle the request entries. Users must set up the valid, supported log type or the Google Chronicle service denies log ingestion.	none
Google Chronicle Log Key	`log_key`	Required. Specifies the field that contains the log type specified in `log_type`. By default, the whole log record is sent to Google Chronicle.	none

Advanced

Name	Key	Description	Default
Region Location	`region`	The GCP region in which to store Google Chronicle security logs. Accepted values: `ASIA`, `EU`, `UK`, `US`.	`US`

Security and TLS

Name	Key	Description	Default
TLS	`tls`	If `true`, enables TLS/SSL. If `false`, disables TLS/SSL. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`false`
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`