logging

Summary

Resource Operation Description
Logging GET /api/app/v1/log Stream/view logs
  GET /api/app/v1/log/archive Get log file settings
  PUT /api/app/v1/log/archive Set logging settings
  PUT /api/app/v1/log/save Save log to filestore
  DELETE /api/app/v1/log/siem Set up SIEM server for log export
  GET /api/app/v1/log/siem Get SIEM server configuration for log export
  PUT /api/app/v1/log/siem Set up SIEM server for log export

Details

GET /api/app/v1/log

Stream log file or view last X lines in a log file. Currently only appliance level logs supported.

New in version 1.0.

Query Parameters:
 
  • log (required) – Log file to view.
  • module (required) – Module where the log resides. Options (esg, appliance, wse, wcg, na).
  • timeout (optional) – Timeout for log stream. Defaults to 150 seconds.
  • lines (optional) – Number of lines to read. Must be using last action.
  • action (optional) – Set this to last to view the last X number of lines.
Response Headers:
 
Status Codes:
Accepted Authorization:
 

admin, audit

Example 1 - Request: Get last ten lines from audit log:

GET /api/app/v1/log?log=audit&module=appliance&lines=10&action=last HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: Get last ten lines from audit log:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

<LAST 10 LINES>

Example 2 - Request: Stream logs for three minutes:

GET /api/app/v1/log?log=audit&module=appliance&timeout=180 HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 2 - Response: Stream logs for three minutes:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

<LOG LINES>
GET /api/app/v1/log/archive

Get log file settings.

New in version 1.0.

Response Headers:
 
Status Codes:
Accepted Authorization:
 

admin, audit

Example 1 - Request: Get log file settings:

GET /api/app/v1/log/archive HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: Get log file settings:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

{
  "app": {
    "audit": {
      "filepath": "/var/log/appliance/audit.log",
      "frequency": "Not Set",
      "size": "Not Set"
    },
    "system": {
      "filepath": "/var/log/appliance/cli.log",
      "frequency": "Not Set",
      "size": "Not Set"
    }
  },
  "network-agent": {
    "network-agent": {
      "filepath": [
        "/var/lib/lxc/na/rootfs/opt/Websense/bin/NetworkAgent.log"
      ],
      "frequency": "Not Set",
      "size": "Not Set"
    }
  },
  "proxy": {
    "proxy": {
      "filepath": [
        "/var/lib/lxc/wcg/rootfs/opt/WCG/logs/content_gateway.out"
      ],
      "frequency": "Not Set",
      "size": "Not Set"
    }
  },
  "web": {
    "web": {
      "filepath": [
        "/var/lib/lxc/wse/rootfs/opt/Websense/bin/Websense.log"
      ],
      "frequency": "Not Set",
      "size": "Not Set"
    }
  }
}
PUT /api/app/v1/log/archive

Set the archive frequency or the size. Works for audit and module logs. You can only set size or frequency, not both.

New in version 1.0.

Query Parameters:
 
  • log (required) – Log file archive to modify.
  • module (required) – Module where the log resides. Options (esg, appliance, wse, wcg, na).
  • frequency (optional) – Frequency in which to rotate the logs.
  • size (optional) – Size to allow the log file to get to before rotating it.
  • rotate (optional) – Number of archive log files to store locally before deleting the oldest.
Response Headers:
 
Status Codes:
Accepted Authorization:
 

admin

Example 1 - Request: Set log archive to rotate when the log file is 10 megabytes:

PUT api/app/v1/log/archive?module=na&log=na&size=10m HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: Set log archive to rotate when the log file is 10 megabytes:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

{
  "Status": "Success"
}

Example 2 - Request: Set log archive to rotate weekly, keeping 10 files:

PUT api/app/v1/log/archive?module=na&log=na&frequency=weekly&rotate=10 HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: Set log archive to rotate weekly:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

{
  "Status": "Success"
}
PUT /api/app/v1/log/save

Save a local log to a filestore.

New in version 1.0.

Warning

This command returns unescaped characters such as Unix new line character and octothorpe

Query Parameters:
 
  • alias (optional) – Filestore alias to save the log to.
  • save-path (optional) – directory within filstore to store the logs in
  • module (required) – Module where the log resides. Options (esg, appliance, wse, wcg, na).
  • url (optional) – URL of the location in which to store the logs
  • type (required) – Type of log file to save (all, system, audit).
Response Headers:
 
Status Codes:
Accepted Authorization:
 

admin

Example 1 - Request: Save audit log to filestore:

PUT api/app/v1/log/save?alias=myfilestore&module=appliance&type=audit HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: Save audit log to filestore:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

{
  "Result": "'audit_20170517094711.log' has been saved to ftp://anonymous@10.206.6.131/."
}
DELETE /api/app/v1/log/siem

Retrieve configuration for exporting local log to SIEM server

New in version 1.0.

Query Parameters:
 
  • type (required) – Type of log file to save (system, audit).
Response Headers:
 
Status Codes:
Accepted Authorization:
 

admin

Example 1 - Request: Delete SIEM configurartion for audit log:

DELETE api/app/v1/log/siem?type=audit HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: Delete SIEM configuration for audit log:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

{
  "Result": "Success"
}
GET /api/app/v1/log/siem

Retrieve configuration for exporting local log to SIEM server

New in version 1.0.

Query Parameters:
 
  • type (required) – Type of log file to retrieve SIEM configuration (system, audit).
Response Headers:
 
Status Codes:
Accepted Authorization:
 

admin, audit

Example 1 - Request: View SIEM log configuration for audit log:

GET api/app/v1/log/siem?type=audit HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: Set local log to export:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

{
  "siem_host": "10.206.11.186",
  "siem_port": 514,
  "siem_protocol": "udp"
}
PUT /api/app/v1/log/siem

Set a local log to export to a SIEM server

New in version 1.0.

Query Parameters:
 
  • host (required) – IP or hostname of SIEM server
  • port (required) – Port to send SIEM data to
  • protocol (required) – Protocol to send data (tcp, udp)
  • type (required) – Type of log file to save (system, audit).
Response Headers:
 
Status Codes:
Accepted Authorization:
 

admin

Example 1 - Request: Set audit log to export on port 514 via udp:

PUT api/app/v1/log/siem?host=10.206.11.1&port=514&protocol=udp&type=audit HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/html

Example 1 - Response: SIEM configuration implemented for audit log:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html

{
  "audit": {
    "siem_host": "10.206.11.1",
    "siem_port": 514,
    "siem_protocol": "udp"
  }
}