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Azure Network Watcher NSG

Version	1.3.0 (View all)
Compatible Kibana version(s)	8.13.0 or higher 9.0.0 or higher
Supported Serverless project types What’s this?	Security Observability
Subscription level What’s this?	Basic
Level of support What’s this?	Elastic

Network security group (NSG) flow logging is a feature of Azure Network Watcher that allows you to log information about IP traffic flowing through a network security group. Flow logs are the source of truth for all network activity in your cloud environment. Whether you’re in a startup that’s trying to optimize resources or a large enterprise that’s trying to detect intrusion, flow logs can help. You can use them for optimizing network flows, monitoring throughput, verifying compliance, detecting intrusions, and more.

Data streams

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This integration supports ingestion of logs from Azure Network Watcher NSG, via Azure Blob Storage input.

Log is used to retrieve NSG Flow data. See more details in the documentation here.

Requirements

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Elastic Agent must be installed. For more details and installation instructions, please refer to the Elastic Agent Installation Guide.

Installing and managing an Elastic Agent:

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There are several options for installing and managing Elastic Agent:

Install a Fleet-managed Elastic Agent (recommended):

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With this approach, you install Elastic Agent and use Fleet in Kibana to define, configure, and manage your agents in a central location. We recommend using Fleet management because it makes the management and upgrade of your agents considerably easier.

Install Elastic Agent in standalone mode (advanced users):

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With this approach, you install Elastic Agent and manually configure the agent locally on the system where it’s installed. You are responsible for managing and upgrading the agents. This approach is reserved for advanced users only.

Install Elastic Agent in a containerized environment:

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You can run Elastic Agent inside a container, either with Fleet Server or standalone. Docker images for all versions of Elastic Agent are available from the Elastic Docker registry, and we provide deployment manifests for running on Kubernetes.

Please note, there are minimum requirements for running Elastic Agent. For more information, refer to the Elastic Agent Minimum Requirements.

Setup

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To collect data from Azure Network Watcher NSG follow the below steps:

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In the Azure portal, go to your storage account.
Under Security + networking, Click on Access keys. Your account access keys appear, as well as the complete connection string for each key.
Click on Show keys to show your access keys and connection strings and to enable buttons to copy the values.
Under key1, find the Key value. Click on the Copy button to copy the account key. Same way you can copy the storage account name shown above keys.
Go to Containers under Data storage in your storage account to copy the container name.

Enable virtual network flow logs using the steps provided in reference.

Enabling the integration in Elastic:

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In Kibana navigate to Management > Integrations.
In "Search for integrations" top bar, search for Azure Network Watcher NSG.
Select the "Azure Network Watcher NSG" integration from the search results.
Select "Add Azure Network Watcher NSG" to add the integration.
While adding the integration, to collect logs via Azure Blob Storage, keep Collect NSG logs via Azure Blob Storage toggle on and then configure following parameters:
- account name
- containers
- service account key/service account uri
Save the integration.

Logs Reference

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Log

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This is the Log dataset.

Example

An example event for log looks as following:

{
    "@timestamp": "2018-11-13T12:00:35.389Z",
    "agent": {
        "ephemeral_id": "b9d6de84-93bd-40d6-9dc8-c06a84e0718e",
        "id": "7a02b789-2d3c-4e39-a804-6995ecfd6bc0",
        "name": "docker-fleet-agent",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "8.12.0"
    },
    "azure": {
        "resource": {
            "group": "FABRIKAMRG",
            "id": "/SUBSCRIPTIONS/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/RESOURCEGROUPS/FABRIKAMRG/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.NETWORK/NETWORKSECURITYGROUPS/FABRIAKMVM1-NSG",
            "name": "FABRIAKMVM1-NSG",
            "provider": "MICROSOFT.NETWORK/NETWORKSECURITYGROUPS"
        },
        "storage": {
            "blob": {
                "content_type": "application/json",
                "name": "testblob"
            },
            "container": {
                "name": "azure-container1"
            }
        },
        "subscription_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
    },
    "azure_network_watcher_nsg": {
        "log": {
            "category": "NetworkSecurityGroupFlowEvent",
            "operation_name": "NetworkSecurityGroupFlowEvents",
            "properties": {
                "flows": [
                    {
                        "flows": [
                            {
                                "mac": "00-0D-3A-F8-78-56",
                                "tuples": [
                                    {
                                        "destination": {
                                            "ip": "10.5.16.4",
                                            "port": 443
                                        },
                                        "flow_state": "Begin",
                                        "protocol": "UDP",
                                        "source": {
                                            "ip": "94.102.49.190",
                                            "port": 28746
                                        },
                                        "timestamp": "2018-11-13T12:00:02.000Z",
                                        "traffic": {
                                            "decision": "Denied",
                                            "flow": "Inbound"
                                        }
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "destination": {
                                            "ip": "10.5.16.4",
                                            "port": 59336
                                        },
                                        "flow_state": "Begin",
                                        "protocol": "TCP",
                                        "source": {
                                            "ip": "176.119.4.10",
                                            "port": 56509
                                        },
                                        "timestamp": "2018-11-13T12:00:24.000Z",
                                        "traffic": {
                                            "decision": "Denied",
                                            "flow": "Inbound"
                                        }
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "destination": {
                                            "ip": "10.5.16.4",
                                            "port": 8088
                                        },
                                        "flow_state": "Begin",
                                        "protocol": "TCP",
                                        "source": {
                                            "ip": "167.99.86.8",
                                            "port": 48495
                                        },
                                        "timestamp": "2018-11-13T12:00:32.000Z",
                                        "traffic": {
                                            "decision": "Denied",
                                            "flow": "Inbound"
                                        }
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ],
                        "rule": "DefaultRule_DenyAllInBound"
                    },
                    {
                        "flows": [
                            {
                                "mac": "00-0D-3A-F8-78-56",
                                "tuples": [
                                    {
                                        "destination": {
                                            "ip": "13.67.143.118",
                                            "port": 443
                                        },
                                        "flow_state": "Begin",
                                        "protocol": "TCP",
                                        "source": {
                                            "ip": "10.5.16.4",
                                            "port": 59831
                                        },
                                        "timestamp": "2018-11-13T11:59:37.000Z",
                                        "traffic": {
                                            "decision": "Allowed",
                                            "flow": "Outbound"
                                        }
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "bytes": {
                                            "received": 66,
                                            "sent": 66
                                        },
                                        "destination": {
                                            "ip": "13.67.143.117",
                                            "port": 443
                                        },
                                        "flow_state": "End",
                                        "packets": {
                                            "received": 1,
                                            "sent": 1
                                        },
                                        "protocol": "TCP",
                                        "source": {
                                            "ip": "10.5.16.4",
                                            "port": 59932
                                        },
                                        "timestamp": "2018-11-13T11:59:39.000Z",
                                        "traffic": {
                                            "decision": "Allowed",
                                            "flow": "Outbound"
                                        }
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "bytes": {
                                            "received": 14008,
                                            "sent": 16978
                                        },
                                        "destination": {
                                            "ip": "13.67.143.115",
                                            "port": 443
                                        },
                                        "flow_state": "Continuing",
                                        "packets": {
                                            "received": 24,
                                            "sent": 30
                                        },
                                        "protocol": "TCP",
                                        "source": {
                                            "ip": "10.5.16.4",
                                            "port": 44931
                                        },
                                        "timestamp": "2018-11-13T11:59:39.000Z",
                                        "traffic": {
                                            "decision": "Allowed",
                                            "flow": "Outbound"
                                        }
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "bytes": {
                                            "received": 7054,
                                            "sent": 8489
                                        },
                                        "destination": {
                                            "ip": "40.71.12.225",
                                            "port": 443
                                        },
                                        "flow_state": "End",
                                        "packets": {
                                            "received": 12,
                                            "sent": 15
                                        },
                                        "protocol": "TCP",
                                        "source": {
                                            "ip": "10.5.16.4",
                                            "port": 59929
                                        },
                                        "timestamp": "2018-11-13T12:00:06.000Z",
                                        "traffic": {
                                            "decision": "Allowed",
                                            "flow": "Outbound"
                                        }
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ],
                        "rule": "DefaultRule_AllowInternetOutBound"
                    }
                ],
                "version": "2"
            },
            "resource_id": "/SUBSCRIPTIONS/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/RESOURCEGROUPS/FABRIKAMRG/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.NETWORK/NETWORKSECURITYGROUPS/FABRIAKMVM1-NSG",
            "system_id": "a0fca5ce-022c-47b1-9735-89943b42f2fa",
            "time": "2018-11-13T12:00:35.389Z"
        }
    },
    "cloud": {
        "provider": "azure"
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "azure_network_watcher_nsg.log",
        "namespace": "ep",
        "type": "logs"
    },
    "destination": {
        "bytes": [
            66,
            7054,
            14008
        ],
        "ip": [
            "13.67.143.118",
            "13.67.143.117",
            "10.5.16.4",
            "40.71.12.225",
            "13.67.143.115"
        ],
        "packets": [
            1,
            12,
            24
        ],
        "port": [
            8088,
            443,
            59336
        ]
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "8.11.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "7a02b789-2d3c-4e39-a804-6995ecfd6bc0",
        "snapshot": false,
        "version": "8.12.0"
    },
    "event": {
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "category": [
            "network"
        ],
        "dataset": "azure_network_watcher_nsg.log",
        "ingested": "2024-05-03T08:30:09Z",
        "kind": "event",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "azure-blob-storage"
    },
    "log": {
        "file": {
            "path": "http://elastic-package-service-azure-network-watcher-nsg-log-1:10000/devstoreaccount1/azure-container1/testblob"
        },
        "offset": 1
    },
    "network": {
        "direction": [
            "outbound",
            "inbound"
        ],
        "transport": [
            "udp",
            "tcp"
        ]
    },
    "related": {
        "ip": [
            "13.67.143.118",
            "13.67.143.117",
            "10.5.16.4",
            "40.71.12.225",
            "13.67.143.115",
            "176.119.4.10",
            "94.102.49.190",
            "167.99.86.8"
        ]
    },
    "rule": {
        "name": [
            "DefaultRule_DenyAllInBound",
            "DefaultRule_AllowInternetOutBound"
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "bytes": [
            66,
            8489,
            16978
        ],
        "ip": [
            "176.119.4.10",
            "10.5.16.4",
            "94.102.49.190",
            "167.99.86.8"
        ],
        "mac": [
            "00-0D-3A-F8-78-56"
        ],
        "packets": [
            1,
            15,
            30
        ],
        "port": [
            59932,
            44931,
            59831,
            28746,
            56509,
            59929,
            48495
        ]
    },
    "tags": [
        "forwarded",
        "azure_network_watcher_nsg-log"
    ]
}

Exported fields

Field	Description	Type
@timestamp	Event timestamp.	date
azure.resource.group	Resource group.	keyword
azure.resource.id	Resource ID.	keyword
azure.resource.name	Name.	keyword
azure.resource.provider	Resource type/namespace.	keyword
azure.storage.blob.content_type	The content type of the Azure Blob Storage blob object.	keyword
azure.storage.blob.name	The name of the Azure Blob Storage blob object.	keyword
azure.storage.container.name	The name of the Azure Blob Storage container.	keyword
azure.subscription_id	Azure subscription ID.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.category	Category of the event.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.operation_name	Always NetworkSecurityGroupFlowEvents.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.mac	MAC address of the network interface on which the flows are listed.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.bytes.received	Total number of TCP packet bytes sent from destination to source.	long
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.bytes.sent	Total number of TCP packet bytes sent from source to destination.	long
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.destination.ip	Destination IP address.	ip
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.destination.port	Destination port.	long
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.flow_state	State of the flow.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.packets.received	Total number of TCP packets sent from destination to source.	long
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.packets.sent	Total number of TCP packets sent from source to destination.	long
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.protocol	Protocol of the flow.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.source.ip	Source IP address.	ip
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.source.port	Source port.	long
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.timestamp	Time stamp of when the flow occurred in UNIX epoch format.	date
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.traffic.decision	Whether traffic was allowed or denied.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.flows.tuples.traffic.flow	Direction of the traffic flow.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.flows.rule	Rule for which the flows are listed.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.properties.version	Version number of the flow log’s event schema.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.resource_id	Resource ID of the network security group.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.system_id	System ID of the network security group.	keyword
azure_network_watcher_nsg.log.time	Time in UTC when the event was logged.	date
data_stream.dataset	Data stream dataset.	constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace	Data stream namespace.	constant_keyword
data_stream.type	Data stream type.	constant_keyword
event.dataset	Event dataset.	constant_keyword
event.module	Event module.	constant_keyword
input.type	Type of Filebeat input.	keyword
log.offset	Log offset.	long

Changelog

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Changelog

Version	Details	Kibana version(s)
1.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update Kibana constraint to support 9.0.0.	8.13.0 or higher 9.0.0 or higher
1.2.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Add missing category.	8.13.0 or higher
1.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add "preserve_original_event" tag to documents with `event.kind` manually set to "pipeline_error".	8.13.0 or higher
1.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add "preserve_original_event" tag to documents with `event.kind` set to "pipeline_error".	8.13.0 or higher
1.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Release package as GA.	8.13.0 or higher
0.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Allow @custom pipeline access to event.original without setting preserve_original_event.	—
0.2.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove reference to a Kibana version from the README.	—
0.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Removed import_mappings. Update the kibana constraint to ^8.13.0. Modified the field definitions to remove ECS fields made redundant by the ecs@mappings component template.	—
0.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Initial release.	—

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Data streams
Requirements
Installing and managing an Elastic Agent:
Install a Fleet-managed Elastic Agent (recommended):
Install Elastic Agent in standalone mode (advanced users):
Install Elastic Agent in a containerized environment:
Setup
To collect data from Azure Network Watcher NSG follow the below steps:
Enabling the integration in Elastic:
Logs Reference
Log
Changelog

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