Sending CloudPassage Halo Event Logs to Sumo Logic

The below is a guest post from CloudPassage.

Automating your server security is about more than just one great tool – it’s also about linking together multiple tools to empower you with the information you need to make decisions. For customers of CloudPassage and Sumo Logic, linking those tools to secure cloud servers is as easy as it is powerful.

The CloudPassage Halo Event Connector enables you to view security event logs from CloudPassage Halo in your Sumo Logic dashboard, including alerts from your configuration, file integrity, and software vulnerability scans. Through this connector, Halo delivers unprecedented visibility of your cloud servers via your log management console. You can track server events such as your server rebooting, shutting down, changing IP addresses, and much more.

The purpose of the Halo Event Connector is to retrieve event data from a CloudPassage Halo account and import it into Sumo Logic for indexing or processing. It is designed to execute repeatedly, keeping the Sumo Collector up-to-date with Halo events as time passes and new events occur.

The Halo Event Connector is free to use, and will work with any Halo subscription. To get started integrating Halo events into Sumo Logic, make sure you have set up accounts for CloudPassage Halo and Sumo Logic.

Then, generate an API key in your CloudPassage Halo portal. Once you have an API key, follow the steps provided in the Halo – Sumo Logic documentation, using the scripts provided on Github. The documentation walks you through the process of testing the Halo Event Connector script.

Once you have tested the script, you will then add the output as a “Source” by selecting “Script” in Sumo Logic (see below).

When you have finished adding the new data source that integrates the Halo Event Connector with Sumo Logic (as detailed in the .pdf documentation), you will be taken back to the “Collectors” tab where the newly added Script source will be listed.

Once the Connector runs successfully and is importing event data into Sumo Logic, you will see Halo events such as the following appear in your Sumo Logic searches:

Try it out today – we are eager to hear your feedback! We hope that integrating these two tools makes your server security automation even more powerful.