Google SecOps (Chronicle) Forwarder

Supported Types

Metrics	Logs	Traces
	✓

Prerequisites

Ensure you have a Google SecOps forwarder set up and running. More details on setting this up can be found in the Security Operations documentation here.

Configuration Fields

Field	Description
Export Type	The method of export to use, either syslog or file.
Raw Log Field	The field name containing raw log data.
Syslog Endpoint	The SecOps forwarder endpoint for Syslog (if Syslog is chosen as the export type).
Syslog Transport	The transport protocol to use (e.g., TCP, UDP) for Syslog.
Timeout	The timeout for the Syslog dial connection. Used by collector v1.70.0+
Enable TLS	Whether or not to use TLS for secure transmission (relevant for Syslog).
Skip TLS Verification	Option to skip TLS certificate verification (if TLS is enabled).
TLS Certificate File	Path to the x509 PEM certificate (if TLS is enabled).
TLS Private Key File	Path to the x509 PEM private key (if TLS is enabled).
TLS CA File	Path to the x509 PEM certificate authority file (if TLS is enabled).
File Path	The path to the file for storing logs (if File is chosen as the export type).

Supported Retry and Queuing Settings

This destination supports the retry settings, the sending queue settings, and the persistent queue settings.

Sending Queue	Persistent Queue	Retry on Failure
✓	✓	✓

Example Configurations

Syslog Configuration

Standalone Destination for Syslog Configuration

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Destination
metadata:
  id: chronicleforwarder
  name: chronicleforwarder
spec:
  type: chronicleforwarder
  parameters:
    - name: export_type
      value: 'syslog'
    - name: raw_log_field
      value: 'attributes["raw"]'
    - name: syslog_endpoint
      value: '127.0.0.1:10514'
    - name: syslog_transport
      value: 'tcp'
    - name: enable_tls
      value: 'false'

File Configuration

Standalone Destination for File Configuration

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Destination
metadata:
  id: chronicleforwarder
  name: chronicleforwarder
spec:
  type: chronicleforwarder
  parameters:
    - name: export_type
      value: 'file'
    - name: raw_log_field
      value: 'body'
    - name: file_path
      value: '/path/to/logfile'