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NIOS

Warning: Despite the TA indication this data source is CIM compliant all versions of NIOS including the most recent available as of 2019-12-17 do not support the DNS data model correctly. For DNS security use cases use Splunk Stream instead.

Key facts

  • Requires vendor product by source configuration
  • Legacy BSD Format default port 514
Ref Link
Splunk Add-on https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2934/
Product Manual https://docs.infoblox.com/display/ILP/NIOS?preview=/8945695/43728387/NIOS_8.4_Admin_Guide.pdf

Sourcetypes

sourcetype notes
infoblox:dns None
infoblox:dhcp None
infoblox:threatprotect None
nix:syslog None

Sourcetype and Index Configuration

key sourcetype index notes
infoblox_nios_dns infoblox:dns netdns none
infoblox_nios_dhcp infoblox:dhcp netipam none
infoblox_nios_threatprotect infoblox:threatprotect netids none
infoblox_nios_audit infoblox:audit netops none
infoblox_nios_fallback infoblox:port netops none

Options

Variable default description
SC4S_LISTEN_INFOBLOX_NIOS_UDP_PORT empty Vendor specific port
SC4S_LISTEN_INFOBLOX_NIOS_TCP_PORT empty Vendor specific port

Parser Configuration

#/opt/sc4s/local/config/app-parsers/app-vps-infoblox_nios.conf
#File name provided is a suggestion it must be globally unique

application app-vps-test-infoblox_nios[sc4s-vps] {
 filter { 
        host("infoblox-*" type(glob))
    }; 
    parser { 
        p_set_netsource_fields(
            vendor('infoblox')
            product('nios')
        ); 
    };   
};