Accenture MDR Quick Start Guide for Elastica CloudSOC

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Apr 30, 2021
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This quick start guide will help Accenture MDR customers configure Elastica CloudSOC to allow log collection from the Log Collection Platform (LCP).

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

LCP

Elastica CloudSOC

443 (https)

Default port

Configuring Elastica CloudSOC

Users need to create keys as part of device configuration. Please follow the steps below to create access keys:

  1. Login to Elastica CloudSOC using your administrator credentials.

  2. On the CloudSOC menu bar, click <Username> and choose Settings.

  3. On the Settings page, click the API Keys tab.

  4. To create a new API Access key, enter a descriptive name for the new key and click Add New API Key.

  5. Once it is generated in the API Keys List, click the download icon for the new key. The downloaded file will be in .json format. Open it with notepad to view the contents. This information is used for configuring the collector on the LCP.

  • Key ID

  • Key Secret

  • API server

  • Tenant

 Note: The contents of the API key file also can be viewed from the Elastica Web console by clicking the details icon.

Creating New Request for Monitoring

Once the device is configured as outlined in the steps above and all network pre-requisites have been made, you are now ready to onboard it for MDR monitoring. To complete this process, submit a New Request via the MDR Portal. This new request should contain the following information:

  1. Reporting LCP Hostname/IP Address:

  2. Elastica URL:

  3. Username:

  4. Password:

  5. Tenant:

If you have any questions about this process, please contact your Accenture MDR Onboarding Engineer or Service Manager.

 LCP Configuration Parameters

Table 1-1: The Elastica CloudSOC collector (API – 3804) properties to be configured by MDR are shown in the table.

Property

Default Value

Description

Elastica URL

Custom Value

Elastica URL mentioned in the Pre-Installation Questionnaire (PIQ).

Note: This is the URL provided by Elastica CloudSOC to interact with the API. This is the api_server field in the API key file.

(e.g.: https://api-vip.elastica.net/)

Username

Custom Value

Username/Key ID mentioned in the PIQ.

Note: This is the key_id value in the API key file.

Password

Custom Value

Password/Key Secret mentioned in the PIQ.

Note: This is the key_secret value in the API key file.

Tenant

Custom Value

Tenant value mentioned in the PIQ.

Note: This is the tenant value in the API key file.

 

 

 

 

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