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Syslog traffic not showing in Splunk Search and Reporting

BrendanCO
Path Finder

Hello. I've set up a few Palo to Splunk instances in the past. I've never had a problem getting a syslog feed from the Palo to Splunk, port 514. Everything is set up on the FW correctly. When I tcpdump port 514, I see the traffic trying to come in but when I go to Search for source="udp:514", nothing is showing up.

inputs.conf
connection_host = ip
sourcetype = pan:log
no_appending_timestamp = true
index = paloalto
disabled = 0

UFW status
To Action From


22/tcp ALLOW Anywhere
514 ALLOW Anywhere
80/tcp ALLOW Anywhere
443/tcp ALLOW Anywhere
514/udp ALLOW Anywhere
8000 ALLOW Anywhere
21/tcp ALLOW Anywhere
5514/udp ALLOW Anywhere
22/tcp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
514 (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
80/tcp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
443/tcp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
514/udp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
8000 (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
21/tcp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)

I'm sure I'm missing something stupid here. Any thoughts? I went back to the install guide and checked off every box. Confused.

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BrendanCO
Path Finder

It's running as splunk. I know that I've seen this recommendation before, but I never had an issue with it. The traffic is local and it's a small office so I wasn't too concerned about any security risk.
I actually am now seeing some events in the Palo dashboards but nothing still in Search.

So, I will try another port and let's see if that does the trick. Weird that the dashboard is now seeing some traffic tho...

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If you see data in the PA app, but not in the Search & Reporting app then there may be permissions issues. Verify all of the knowledge objects you use in your search are exported globally.

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BrendanCO
Path Finder

Progress! I put in the Search field "index=paloalto" and now I see data. Strange that just searching for just "*" doesn't show this data. Dashboards still not populating...

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Examine the dashboards to ensure the assumptions the author made are valid for your environment.

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BrendanCO
Path Finder

So I've swapped the port to 5514, updated my inputs.conf. I restarted the server and when I tcpdump port 5514, I see the traffic coming in. I then go to the Search app and look for source="udp:5514" and I get nothin...
Checked the index paloalto. It's set up an accelerated. I added the data input in the GUI as well (not sure if this is redundant). Hmmmmm.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

What user is Splunk running as? If it's not root then it won't be able to open port 514.
Sending syslog directly to Splunk is not Best Practice. See http://www.georgestarcher.com/splunk-success-with-syslog/

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