Collect Kemp Load Balancer logs

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This document describes how you can collect Kemp Load Balancer logs by using a Google Security Operations forwarder.

For more information, see Data ingestion to Google Security Operations.

An ingestion label identifies the parser which normalizes raw log data to structured UDM format. The information in this document applies to the parser with the KEMP_LOADBALANCER ingestion label.

Configure Kemp Load Balancer

  1. Sign in to the Kemp Load Balancer console.
  2. Select Logging options > Syslog options.

  3. In the Syslog options section, in any of the available fields specify the IP address of the Google Security Operations forwarder.

    It is recommended to specify the IP address in the Info host field.

  4. Click Change syslog parameters.

Configure Google Security Operations forwarder to ingest Kemp Load Balancer logs

  1. Select SIEM Settings > Forwarders.
  2. Click Add new forwarder.
  3. In the Forwarder name field, enter a unique name for the forwarder.
  4. Click Submit and then click Confirm. The forwarder is added and the Add collector configuration window appears.
  5. In the Collector name field, type a unique name for the collector.
  6. Select Kemp Load Balancer as the Log type.
  7. Select Syslog as the Collector type.
  8. Configure the following mandatory input parameters:
    • Protocol: specify the connection protocol that the collector uses to listen to syslog data.
    • Address: specify the target IP address or hostname where the collector resides and listens to syslog data.
    • Port: specify the target port where the collector resides and listens to syslog data.
  9. Click Submit.

For more information about the Google Security Operations forwarders, see Manage forwarder configurations through the Google Security Operations UI.

If you encounter issues when you create forwarders, contact Google Security Operations support.

Field mapping reference

This parser extracts fields from Kemp Load Balancer syslog messages based on the log_number field, mapping them to the UDM. It handles various log formats using grok patterns and conditional logic, converting data types and enriching events with metadata like event type, application protocol, and security results.

UDM mapping table

Log Field UDM Mapping Logic
collection_time.seconds metadata.event_timestamp.seconds Log collection time is used as event timestamp if timestamp is not present. Nanoseconds are truncated.
data metadata.description | network.http.method | principal.ip | principal.port | target.ip | target.port | network.http.response_code | target.user.userid | target.file.full_path | target.file.size | network.ftp.command | metadata.product_event_type | target.url | security_result.summary The raw log message. Various fields are extracted from this field based on the log number and parsing logic.
dstip target.ip Destination IP address.
dstport target.port Destination port.
filename target.file.full_path Filename for FTP events.
file_size target.file.size File size for FTP events. Converted to unsigned integer.
ftpmethod network.ftp.command FTP command/method.
hostname intermediary.hostname Hostname from CEF formatted logs.
http_method network.http.method HTTP method.
http_response_code network.http.response_code HTTP response code. Converted to integer.
kv_data principal.ip | principal.port | target.ip | target.port | metadata.product_event_type | target.url Key-value pairs from CEF formatted logs. Used to extract various fields.
log_event metadata.product_event_type Event type from CEF formatted logs.
log_time metadata.event_timestamp.seconds Log timestamp. Converted to Chronicle format and used as event timestamp. Nanoseconds are truncated.
msg/message See data Contains the main log message. See data for UDM mapping details.
pid target.process.pid Process ID.
resource target.url Resource accessed.
srcip principal.ip Source IP address.
src_ip principal.ip Source IP address.
srcport principal.port Source port.
src_port principal.port Source port.
sshd target.application SSH daemon name.
summary security_result.summary Summary of the security result.
timestamp.seconds events.timestamp.seconds Log entry timestamp. Used as event timestamp if present.
user target.user.userid Username.
vs target.ip | target.port Virtual server IP and port. IP is mapped to target.ip. Port is mapped to target.port if dstport is not present.
vs_port target.port Virtual server port. Determined by logic based on log_number, dest_port, login_status, and log_event. Possible values include GENERIC_EVENT, NETWORK_HTTP, NETWORK_CONNECTION, USER_LOGIN, and USER_UNCATEGORIZED. Hardcoded to "KEMP_LOADBALANCER". Hardcoded to "KEMP_LOADBALANCER". Hardcoded to "KEMP". Determined by dest_port. Possible values are HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443). Determined by login_status and audit_msg. Possible values are ALLOW and BLOCK. Determined by audit_msg. Possible value is ERROR. Set to "AUTHTYPE_UNSPECIFIED" for USER_LOGIN events.

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