base/frameworks/logging/postprocessors/scp.bro

Log

This script defines a postprocessing function that can be applied to a logging filter in order to automatically SCP (secure copy) a log stream (or a subset of it) to a remote host at configurable rotation time intervals. Generally, to use this functionality you must handle the bro_init event and do the following in your handler:

  1. Create a new Log::Filter record that defines a name/path, rotation interval, and set the postprocessor to Log::scp_postprocessor.
  2. Add the filter to a logging stream using Log::add_filter.
  3. Add a table entry to Log::scp_destinations for the filter’s writer/path pair which defines a set of Log::SCPDestination records.
Namespace:Log
Source File:/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/postprocessors/scp.bro

Summary

Options

Log::scp_rotation_date_format: string &redef Default naming format for timestamps embedded into log filenames that use the SCP rotator.

State Variables

Log::scp_destinations: table A table indexed by a particular log writer and filter path, that yields a set of remote destinations.

Types

Log::SCPDestination: record A container that describes the remote destination for the SCP command argument as user@host:path.

Functions

Log::scp_postprocessor: function Secure-copies the rotated log to all the remote hosts defined in Log::scp_destinations and then deletes the local copy of the rotated log.

Detailed Interface

Options

Log::scp_rotation_date_format
Type:string
Attributes:&redef
Default:"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S"

Default naming format for timestamps embedded into log filenames that use the SCP rotator.

State Variables

Log::scp_destinations
Type:table [Log::Writer, string] of set [Log::SCPDestination]
Default:{}

A table indexed by a particular log writer and filter path, that yields a set of remote destinations. The Log::scp_postprocessor function queries this table upon log rotation and performs a secure copy of the rotated log to each destination in the set. This table can be modified at run-time.

Types

Log::SCPDestination
Type:

record

user: string

The remote user to log in as. A trust mechanism should be pre-established.

host: string

The remote host to which to transfer logs.

path: string

The path/directory on the remote host to send logs.

A container that describes the remote destination for the SCP command argument as user@host:path.

Functions

Log::scp_postprocessor
Type:function (info: Log::RotationInfo) : bool

Secure-copies the rotated log to all the remote hosts defined in Log::scp_destinations and then deletes the local copy of the rotated log. It’s not active when reading from trace files.

Info:A record holding meta-information about the log file to be postprocessed.
Returns:True if secure-copy system command was initiated or if no destination was configured for the log as described by info.
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