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    This document explains how to ingest Delinea Distributed Engine logs to Google Security Operations using the Bindplane agent.

    Delinea Distributed Engine provides secure connectivity between the Delinea cloud platform and on-premises resources. The engine generates syslog messages in CEF format for discovery, synchronization, and operational events. The parser extracts fields and maps them to the Unified Data Model (UDM).

    Before you begin

    Make sure you have the following prerequisites:

    • A Google SecOps instance
    • Windows Server 2016 or later, or Linux host with systemd
    • Network connectivity between the Bindplane agent and the Delinea Distributed Engine
    • If running behind a proxy, ensure firewall ports are open per the Bindplane agent requirements
    • Privileged access to the Delinea portal web UI

    Get Google SecOps ingestion authentication file

    1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
    2. Go to SIEM Settings > Collection Agents.
    3. Download the Ingestion Authentication File.

    4. Save the file securely on the system where the Bindplane agent will be installed.

    Get Google SecOps customer ID

    1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
    2. Go to SIEM Settings > Profile.

    3. Copy and save the Customer IDfrom the Organization Detailssection.

    Install the Bindplane agent

    Install the Bindplane agent on your Windows or Linux operating system according to the following instructions.

    Windows installation

    1. Open Command Promptor PowerShellas an administrator.

    2. Run the following command:

        msiexec 
  
 / 
 i 
  
 "https://github.com/observIQ/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/observiq-otel-collector.msi" 
  
 / 
 quiet

    3. Wait for the installation to complete.

    4. Verify the installation by running:

       sc query observiq-otel-collector

      The service should show as RUNNING.

    Linux installation

    1. Open a terminal with root or sudo privileges.

    2. Run the following command:

       sudo  
sh  
-c  
 " 
 $( 
curl  
-fsSlL  
https://github.com/observiq/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/install_unix.sh ) 
 " 
  
install_unix.sh

    3. Wait for the installation to complete.

    4. Verify the installation by running:

       sudo  
systemctl  
status  
observiq-otel-collector

      The service should show as active (running).

    Additional installation resources

    For additional installation options and troubleshooting, see the Bindplane agent installation guide .

    Configure the Bindplane agent to ingest syslog and send to Google SecOps

    Locate the configuration file

    • Linux:

       sudo  
nano  
/etc/bindplane-agent/config.yaml

    • Windows:

       notepad "C:\Program Files\observIQ OpenTelemetry Collector\config.yaml"

    Edit the configuration file

    • Replace the entire contents of config.yaml with the following configuration:

        receivers 
 : 
  
 tcplog 
 : 
  
 listen_address 
 : 
  
 "0.0.0.0:5145" 
 exporters 
 : 
  
 chronicle/delinea_distributed_engine 
 : 
  
 compression 
 : 
  
 gzip 
  
 creds_file_path 
 : 
  
 '/etc/bindplane-agent/ingestion-auth.json' 
  
 customer_id 
 : 
  
 '<customer_id>' 
  
 endpoint 
 : 
  
 malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com 
  
 log_type 
 : 
  
 DELINEA_DISTRIBUTED_ENGINE 
  
 raw_log_field 
 : 
  
 body 
 service 
 : 
  
 pipelines 
 : 
  
 logs/delinea_distributed_engine_to_chronicle 
 : 
  
 receivers 
 : 
  
 - 
  
 tcplog 
  
 exporters 
 : 
  
 - 
  
 chronicle/delinea_distributed_engine

    Configuration parameters

    Replace the following placeholders:

    • Receiver configuration:

      • listen_address : IP address and port to listen on:
        • 0.0.0.0 to listen on all interfaces (recommended)
        • Port 5145 is the configured syslog port (adjust as needed)

    • Exporter configuration:

      • creds_file_path : Full path to ingestion authentication file:
        • Linux: /etc/bindplane-agent/ingestion-auth.json
        • Windows: C:\Program Files\observIQ OpenTelemetry Collector\ingestion-auth.json
      • customer_id : Customer ID copied from the Google SecOps console
      • endpoint : Regional endpoint URL:
        • US: malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com
        • Europe: europe-malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com
        • Asia: asia-southeast1-malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com
        • See Regional Endpoints for complete list

    Save the configuration file

    • After editing, save the file:
      • Linux: Press Ctrl+O , then Enter , then Ctrl+X
      • Windows: Click File > Save

    Restart the Bindplane agent to apply the changes

    • To restart the Bindplane agent in Linux, run the following command:

       sudo  
systemctl  
restart  
observiq-otel-collector

      1. Verify the service is running:

         sudo  
systemctl  
status  
observiq-otel-collector

      2. Check logs for errors:

         sudo  
journalctl  
-u  
observiq-otel-collector  
-f

    • To restart the Bindplane agent in Windows, choose one of the following options:

      • Command Prompt or PowerShell as administrator:

         net stop observiq-otel-collector && net start observiq-otel-collector

      • Services console:

        1. Press Win+R , type services.msc , and press Enter.
        2. Locate observIQ OpenTelemetry Collector.
        3. Right-click and select Restart.

        4. Verify the service is running:

           sc query observiq-otel-collector

        5. Check logs for errors:

            type 
  
 "C:\Program Files\observIQ OpenTelemetry Collector\log\collector.log"

    Configure Delinea syslog

    1. Sign in to the Delinea portalweb UI.
    2. Go to Admin > Application.
    3. Click the Editbutton.
    4. Click the Enable Syslog/CEF Log Outputcheckbox. A Syslog section is displayed.
    5. Enter the Bindplane agent IP address.
    6. Enter the Bindplane agent port number.
    7. Click the Protocolmenu and select TCP.
    8. Click to select Time Zone list to UTC Timeor Server Time, depending on your preference.
    9. Click the Sitemenu to select the related Sitethat Syslog/CEF will run on.
    10. (Optional) Select Write Syslogs As Windows Eventsto write audits and event subscriptions to the Windows Event log.
    11. Click Save.

    Configure log level for Distributed Engines

    1. Sign in to the Delinea portalweb UI.
    2. Go to Admin > Distributed Engine.
    3. Click the three dotsicon over the relevant engine and select Show Settings.
    4. Select the Log Levelmenu and select Info.
    5. Click OK.

    Supported Delinea Distributed Engine sample logs

    • SYSLOG (Delinea Proprietary Format)

       2024-09-26 21:14:27,369 [CID:] [C:] [TID:PriorityScheduler Elastic Thread @ Normal] INFO Thycotic.DE.Feature.SS.LocalAccountDiscovery.Areas.Discovery.LocalAccountConsumer - server-dummy-01: Send Local Account Results Count: 0 - (null)

    UDM mapping table

    Log Field UDM Mapping Logic
    ACTION
    		security_result.action If ACTION_CODE is "1", set to "ALLOW". Otherwise, if ACTION_CODE is not empty, set to "BLOCK". Otherwise, defaults to "UNKNOWN_ACTION" from earlier in the parser.
    ACTION_CODE
    		security_result.action Used in the logic to determine security_result.action .
    APP_NAME
    		network.http.user_agent Directly mapped.
    BYTES_RECVD
    		network.received_bytes Directly mapped, converted to unsigned integer.
    BYTES_SENT
    		network.sent_bytes Directly mapped, converted to unsigned integer.
    CLOUDGENIX_HOST
    		principal.hostname Directly mapped if NAME field is empty. Used as intermediary hostname if NAME is present.
    CODE
    		metadata.product_event_type Concatenated with FACILITY to form metadata.product_event_type . Also used to determine metadata.event_type (e.g., if CODE contains "DOWN", metadata.event_type is set to "STATUS_SHUTDOWN").
    DESTINATION_ZONE_NAME
    		about.labels Directly mapped as a label with key "DESTINATION_ZONE_NAME".
    DEVICE_TIME
    		metadata.event_timestamp Directly mapped after being parsed as a date.
    DST_INTERFACE
    		target.hostname Directly mapped.
    DST_IP
    		target.ip Directly mapped.
    DST_PORT
    		target.port Directly mapped, converted to integer.
    ELEMENT_ID
    		about.labels Directly mapped as a label with key "ELEMENT_ID".
    EVENT_TIME
    		metadata.event_timestamp Directly mapped after being parsed as a date.
    FACILITY
    		metadata.product_event_type Concatenated with CODE to form metadata.product_event_type .
    FLOW_EVENT
    		security_result.summary Used as part of the security_result.summary string.
    IDENTIFIER
    		about.labels Directly mapped as a label with key "IDENTIFIER".
    ION_HOST
    		principal.hostname Directly mapped if CLOUDGENIX_HOST and NAME fields are empty.
    MSG
    		metadata.description Directly mapped. Also used for regex matching to determine metadata.event_type and to extract target.ip .
    NAME
    		principal.hostname Directly mapped. If present, CLOUDGENIX_HOST becomes the intermediary.hostname .
    PROCESS_NAME
    		principal.process.file.full_path Directly mapped.
    PROTOCOL_NAME
    		network.ip_protocol Directly mapped, converted to uppercase.
    REMOTE_HOSTNAME
    		target.hostname Directly mapped.
    REMOTE_IP
    		target.ip Directly mapped.
    RULE_NAME
    		security_result.rule_name Directly mapped.
    SEVERITY
    		security_result.severity , security_result.severity_details Mapped to security_result.severity_details . Also used to determine security_result.severity (e.g., if SEVERITY is "minor", security_result.severity is set to "LOW").
    SOURCE_ZONE_NAME
    		about.labels Directly mapped as a label with key "SOURCE_ZONE_NAME".
    SRC_INTERFACE
    		principal.hostname Directly mapped.
    SRC_IP
    		principal.ip Directly mapped.
    SRC_PORT
    		principal.port Directly mapped, converted to integer.
    VPN_LINK_ID
    		target.resource.id Directly mapped.
    (Parser Logic)
    		 is_alert Set to true if log_type is "alert" or "alarm".
    (Parser Logic)
    		 is_significant Set to true if log_type is "alert" or "alarm".
    (Parser Logic)
    		 metadata.event_type Determined by a series of conditional statements based on the values of CODE , MSG , src_ip , and dest_ip . Defaults to "GENERIC_EVENT".
    (Parser Logic)
    		 metadata.log_type Set to "CLOUDGENIX_SDWAN".
    (Parser Logic)
    		 metadata.product_event_type Defaults to the concatenation of CODE and FACILITY . Set to "cgxFlowLogV1" for flow logs.
    (Parser Logic)
    		 metadata.product_name Set to "CloudGenix SD-WAN".
    (Parser Logic)
    		 metadata.vendor_name Set to "Palo Alto Networks".
    (Parser Logic)
    		 principal.process.pid Set to the value of pid from the raw log for flow logs.
    (Parser Logic)
    		 security_result.action Defaults to "UNKNOWN_ACTION".
    (Parser Logic)
    		 security_result.severity Defaults to "UNKNOWN_SEVERITY". Set based on the value of SEVERITY . Set to "INFORMATIONAL" for flow logs.
    (Parser Logic)
    		 security_result.summary Set based on the value of CODE for syslog messages. Set to a descriptive string including FLOW_EVENT , SRC_IP , and DST_IP for flow logs.

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