Enable Logpush to Splunk

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to Splunk via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

​​ Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

Enable Logpush to Splunk via the dashboard.

To enable the Cloudflare Logpush service:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard Open external link .

2. Select the Enterprise account or domain you want to use with Logpush.

3. Go to Analytics & Logs > Logs.

4. Select Add Logpush job.

5. In Select data set, choose the dataset to push to a storage service, and select Next.

6. In Select data fields:

   • Select the data fields to include in your logs. Add or remove fields later by modifying your settings in Logs > Logpush.
   • In Advanced Settings, you can change the Timestamp format (RFC3339(default),Unix, or UnixNano), Sampling rate and enable redaction for CVE-2021-44228.
   • Under Filters you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. For more information, refer to Filters. Not all datasets have this option available.

7. In Select a destination, choose Splunk.

8. Enter or select the following destination information:

   • Splunk raw HTTP Event Collector URL
   • Channel ID
   • Auth Token
   • Source Type
   • Use insecure skip verify option

9. Select Validate access.

10. Select Save and Start Pushing to finish enabling Logpush.

Once connected, Cloudflare lists Splunk as a connected service under Logs > Logpush. Edit or remove connected services from here.

​​ Manage via API

To set up a Splunk Logpush job:

1. Create a job with the appropriate endpoint URL and authentication parameters.
2. Enable the job to begin pushing logs.

​​ 1. Create a job

To create a job, make a POST request to the Logpush jobs endpoint with the following fields:

• name (optional) - Use your domain name as the job name.

• destination_conf - A log destination consisting of an endpoint URL, channel id, insecure-skip-verify flag, source type, authorization header in the string format below.

  • <SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>: The Splunk raw HTTP Event Collector URL with port. For example: splunk.cf-analytics.com:8088/services/collector/raw.
    • Cloudflare expects the HEC network port to be configured to :443 or :8088.
    • Cloudflare expects the Splunk endpoint to be /services/collector/raw while configuring and setting up the Logpush job.
    • Ensure you have enabled HEC in Splunk. Refer to Splunk Analytics Integrations for information on how to set up HEC in Splunk.
    • You may notice an API request failed with a 504 error, when adding an incorrect URL. Splunk Cloud endpoint URL usually contains http-inputs- or similar text before the hostname. Refer to Send data to HTTP Event Collector on Splunk Cloud Platform Open external link for more details.
  • <SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>: A unique channel ID. This is a random GUID that you can generate by:
    • Using an online tool like the GUID generator Open external link .
    • Using the command line. For example: python -c 'import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4())'.
  • <INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>: Boolean value. Cloudflare recommends setting this value to false. Setting this value to true is equivalent to using the -k option with curl as shown in Splunk examples and is not recommended. Only set this value to true when HEC uses a self-signed certificate.

• <SOURCE_TYPE>: The Splunk source type. For example: cloudflare:json.
• <SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>: The Splunk authorization token that is URL-encoded. For example: Splunk%20e6d94e8c-5792-4ad1-be3c-29bcaee0197d.

"splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>"

• dataset - The category of logs you want to receive. Refer to Log fields for the full list of supported datasets.

• logpull_options (optional) - To configure fields, sample rate, and timestamp format, refer to API configuration options. For timestamp, Cloudflare recommends using timestamps=rfc3339.

Example request using cURL:

curl -s -X POST \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/logpush/jobs \
-H "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
-d '{"name":"<DOMAIN_NAME>",
"destination_conf":"splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>", "logpull_options": "fields=ClientIP,ClientRequestHost,ClientRequestMethod,ClientRequestURI,EdgeEndTimestamp,EdgeResponseBytes,EdgeResponseStatus,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID&timestamps=rfc3339", "dataset": "http_requests"}' | jq .

Response:

{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": 100,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": false,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "logpull_options": "fields=ClientIP,ClientRequestHost,ClientRequestMethod,ClientRequestURI,EdgeEndTimestamp,EdgeResponseBytes,EdgeResponseStatus,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID&timestamps=rfc3339",
    "destination_conf": "splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}

​​ 2. Enable (update) a job

To enable a job, make a PUT request to the Logpush jobs endpoint. Use the job ID returned from the previous step in the URL and send {"enabled":true} in the request body.

Example request using cURL:

curl -s -X PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/logpush/jobs/100 -d'{"enabled":true}' | jq .

Response:

{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": 100,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "logpull_options": "fields=ClientIP,ClientRequestHost,ClientRequestMethod,ClientRequestURI,EdgeEndTimestamp,EdgeResponseBytes,EdgeResponseStatus,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID&timestamps=rfc3339",
    "destination_conf": "splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}

Refer to the Logpush FAQ for troubleshooting information.

​​ 3. Create WAF custom rule for Splunk HEC endpoint (optional)

If your logpush destination hostname is proxied through Cloudflare, and you have the Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF) turned on, you may be challenged or blocked when Cloudflare makes a request to Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC). To make sure this does not happen, you have to create a WAF custom rule that allows Cloudflare to bypass the HEC endpoint.

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard Open external link and select your account. Go to Security > WAF > Custom rules.
2. Select Create rule and enter a descriptive name for it (for example, Splunk).
3. Under If incoming requests match, use the Field, Operator, and Value dropdowns to create a rule. After finishing each row, select And to create the next row of rules. Refer to the table below for the values you should input:

4. After inputting the values as shown in the table, you should have an Expression Preview with the values you added for your specific rule. The example below reflects the hostname splunk.cf-analytics.com.

(http.request.method eq "POST" and http.host eq "splunk.cf-analytics.com" and http.request.uri.path eq "/services/collector/raw" and http.request.uri.query contains "channel" and ip.geoip.asnum eq 132892 and http.user_agent eq "Go-http-client/2.0")

5. Under the Then > Choose an action dropdown, select Skip.
6. Under WAF components to skip, select All managed rules.
7. Select Deploy.

The WAF should now ignore requests made to Splunk HEC by Cloudflare.

​​ More resources

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