Description
The pfsense firewall connector allows you to easily connect your pfsense logs with Azure Sentinel, to view dashboards, create custom alerts, and improve investigation. This gives you more insight into your organization's network and improves your security operation capabilities.
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Permissions déclarées
read and write permissions are required.
Workspace
Workspace
read permissions to shared keys for the workspace are required. [See the documentation to learn more about workspace keys](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/platform/agent-windows#obtain-workspace-id-and-key).
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Workspace
Instructions du connecteur
Contenu publié dans le dépôt. Consultez le fichier original pour l’ensemble des paramètres.
1. Linux Syslog agent configuration
Install and configure the Linux agent to collect your Common Event Format (CEF) Syslog messages and forward them to Azure Sentinel.
> Notice that the data from all regions will be stored in the selected workspace
1.1 Select or create a Linux machine
Select or create a Linux machine that Azure Sentinel will use as the proxy between your security solution and Azure Sentinel this machine can be on your on-prem environment, Azure or other clouds.
1.2 Install the CEF collector on the Linux machine
Install the Microsoft Monitoring Agent on your Linux machine and configure the machine to listen on the necessary port and forward messages to your Azure Sentinel workspace. The CEF collector collects CEF messages on port 514 TCP.
> 1. Make sure that you have Python on your machine using the following command: python –version.
> 2. You must have elevated permissions (sudo) on your machine.
Run the following command to install and apply the CEF collector:
2. Download RSYSLOG Config files to CEF Collector
Set rsyslog to parse and send CEF format message.
Use the CLI to run the following commands:
3. Forward pfsense logs to Syslog agent
Set your pfsense to send Syslog messages in to the proxy machine. Make sure you to send the logs to port 514 TCP on the machine’s IP address.
go to the [pfsense Document Library](https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/logs/remote.html) for instructions.
3. Validate connection
Follow the instructions to validate your connectivity:
Open Log Analytics to check if the logs are received using the CommonSecurityLog schema.
>It may take about 20 minutes until the connection streams data to your workspace.
If the logs are not received, run the following connectivity validation script:
> 1. Make sure that you have Python on your machine using the following command: python –version
>2. You must have elevated permissions (sudo) on your machine
Run the following command to validate your connectivity:
4. Secure your machine
Make sure to configure the machine's security according to your organization's security policy
[Learn more >](https://aka.ms/SecureCEF)
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