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This quick start guide will help Accenture MDR customers configure Apache Server to send logs to the Log collection Platform (LCP).

The guide details standard configuration processes for the NxLog agent to send Apache logs in TCP to the LCP. Please refer to the vendor document for more information on various configuration types for each agent. 

The document includes the following topics:

Supported Versions

A list of supported versions is available in the Accenture MDR Supported Products List document (Accenture_MDR_Supported_Products_List.xlsx) which can be found in Accenture MDR Portal.

Port Requirements

Table 1-1: Port requirements for LCP communication.

Source

Destination

Port

Description

Apache Server

LCP

10014 (TCP with TLS) or

10013 (TCP with NON-TLS)

Default port

 Log Configuration via NxLog Agent

You can select any one of the below options to send logs to the LCP.

  • To configure the NxLog Agent for Non-TLS TCP Log flow on Windows using port 10013 

  • To configure the NxLog Agent for Non-TLS TCP Log flow on Linux using port 10013 

  • To configure the NxLog Agent for TLS TCP Log flow on Linux and Windows using port 10014

Steps to configure the sever via NxLog Agent for Non-TLS TCP Log flow on Windows using port - 10013

  1. Download and Install NxLog agent from location https://nxlog.co/products/nxlog-community-edition/download

  2. Go to services.msc and stop the nxlog service.

  3. Go to folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\data" and delete "configcache.dat".

  4. For Windows Agent , go to installed location “C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\conf” and rename the attached NXLog.conf (Windows) to "nxlog.conf" and copy into this folder.

5. Replace “LCP_IP_Address” with actual LCP IP address in nxlog.conf.

6. Apache LOG location (access.log) needs to be mentioned on line 31 against "File". Please see the below screenshot for reference.

7. Now start the nxlog service from services.msc.

8. NxLog agent logs will be available at location "C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\data\nxlog.log".

Steps to configure the sever via NxLog Agent for Non-TLS TCP Log flow on Linux (RHEL 7 and CentOS 7) using port - 10013

  1. Download and Install NxLog agent from location https://nxlog.co/products/nxlog-community-edition/download (There are few dependencies that you need to install and then you can install nxlog on machine. Refer https://nxlog.co/documentation/nxlog-user-guide#deploy_rhel )

  2. For Linux Agent, after installation go to installed location “/etc/nxlog.conf”. Rename attached NXLog.conf(Linux) to "nxlog.conf" and copy into this folder.

3. Replace “LCP_IP_Address” with actual LCP IP address in nxlog.conf.

4. Apache LOG location (access.log) needs to be mentioned on line 24 against "File". Please see the below screenshot for reference.

5. Now start the nxlog service using below command.

​systemctl start nxlog

6. NxLog agent logs will be available at location "/var/log/nxlog.log"

Steps to configure the sever via NxLog Agent for TLS TCP Log flow on Linux and Windows using port - 10014

Please follow the below steps for Windows:

  1. Go to services.msc and stop the nxlog service.

  2. Go to folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\data" and delete "configcache.dat".

  3. For Windows Agent , go to installed location “C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\conf”. Rename attached NXLog.conf (Windows with TLS).conf to "nxlog.conf" and copy into this folder  

 

Note: Please contact the Accenture MDR onboarding team to obtain the certificate.

  4. Copy the certificate on Windows machine where nxlog agent is installed and mentioned this cert path in nxlog.conf against "CAFile".  

 Note: Please specify the complete path with the file name. 

Example: C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\cert\cert.pem

  5. Replace “LCP_IP_Address” with actual LCP IP address in nxlog.conf.

6. Apache LOG location (access.log) needs to be mentioned on line 32 against "File". Please see the below screenshot for reference.

7. Now start the nxlog service from services.msc.

8. NxLog agent logs will be available at location "C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\data\nxlog.log"

Please follow the below steps for Linux:

  1. Stop the nxlog service using below command.

​systemctl stop nxlog

2. For Linux Agent, after installation go to installed location “/etc/nxlog.conf”. Rename attached NXLog.conf(Linux with TLS) to "nxlog.conf" and copy into this folder.

 Note: Please contact the Accenture MDR onboarding team to obtain the certificate.

  3. Copy the certificate on Linux machine where nxlog agent is installed and mentioned this cert path in nxlog.conf against "CAFile".  

 Note: Please specify the complete path with the file name. 

Example: /etc/cert.pem

  4. Replace “LCP_IP_Address” with actual LCP IP address in nxlog.conf.

5. Apache LOG location (access.log) needs to be mentioned on line 24 against "File". Please see the below screenshot for reference.

6. Now start the nxlog service using below command.

​systemctl start nxlog

7. NxLog agent logs will be available at location "/var/log/nxlog.log"

LCP Configuration Parameters

Table 1-2: The Apache event collector (Syslog - 3844) properties to be configured by MDR are shown in the table.

Property

Default Value

Description

Protocol

TCP

The default protocol for syslog.

IP Address

Apache interface IP address

Logging device IP address mentioned in the Pre-Installation Questionnaire (PIQ).

Note: If the device sends logs using multiple interfaces, contact the Accenture MDR onboarding team.

Port Number

10013

The default port number for syslog.  Port - 10014 can be used for TLS with TCP.

Note: The LCP can be configured to listen on a non-standard port, please advise the Accenture MDR onboarding team if this is a requirement.

 

 

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