This guide will help Accenture MDR customers to set up the log collection for AWS using CloudFormation.
About the Log Collection Platform
The Accenture MDR Log Collection Platform (LCP) is designed to collect, compress, and transmit your devices’ log data securely to the Accenture MDR Security Operations Center (SOC).
Prerequisites
To request the LCP Amazon Machine Image use the AEFS (Accenture External File share) option or reach out to Accenture onboarding team.
Connectivity prerequisites: LCP
Source | Destination | Protocol/Port | Description |
213.156.160.99 198.6.48.235 192.251.86.32 199.43.188.10 | <LCP IP> | TCP/2222, TCP/443 | MDR management access and fault monitoring |
<LCP IP> | <Customer NTP> | UDP/123, TCP/123 | NTP - Network Time Protocol |
<LCP IP> | TCP/443 | RSIP- Remote Secure Import Protocol for log uploading | |
<LCP IP> | 0.0.0.0/0 | TCP/443 | LCP updates and LCP Configurations |
<LCP IP> | 0.0.0.0/0 | UDP/53, TCP/53 | DNS resolution (TCP is used in case the message is longer than 512 Bytes) |
Note : Security group rules (Inbound and Outbound), Instance Type, 250 GB HDD and Elastic IP are assigned automatically to the instance during the stack creation process.
Configuration for Amazon Web service (AWS) using Cloud Formation
Login to AWS portal.
Enter the keyword CloudFormation in the Search bar, then select the CloudFormation service from the list.
3. Click Create Stack.
4. Under Choose a template option, click the Template is ready radio button.
5. Select the Template source as Upload a template file. Download the below attached json file and choose file under Upload a template file from local to upload.
This Cloud formation template will create LCP with encrypted EBS storage.
Note: If you want to create LCP EC2 with unencrypted EBS storage then use below cloud formation template
6. Provide the below mandatory details:
Enter the stack Name of your choice in the Stack Name text box.
Enter the meaningful hostname for the instance in the Hostname text box.
Enter the Instance name of your choice in the InstanceTag text box (Make a note of it, so it will be used in step 15).
Select any one Instance type from the drop-down list as recommended below.
Family | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GB) | Instance Storage |
Compute optimized | c5a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | EBS only |
Compute optimized | c5a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | EBS only |
Enter your local NTP in the NTP IP text box ( Please provide only one IP address in the textbox).
Select the Subnet from drop-down list (Select a subnet to host this instance)
Select the VPC from drop-down list (select a VPC to host this instance)
Click Next.
Skip the Options page and click Next.
Review the information and click Create.
7. Select the Stack Name checkbox and ensure the Status field value appears as CREATE_COMPLETE .
8 Click on the Services tab in the top left corner and select EC2.
9. Click on Instances.
10. Search the keyword 'Name' and then click on it.
11. Click the Name under the Tag keys and supply the InstanceTag Name value provided in step 7 and click on the Instance Tag Name (Example : LCP4.0)
12. Instance details will appear in the screen.
13. Share the Elastic IP address details to Accenture MDR to proceed with the LCP qualification process.
