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Cribl Cloud Collector

The Cribl cloud collector streamlines the ingestion of logs from Cribl Stream (release 4.3.1 or later) into the Exabeam Security Operations Platform so those logs can be used in downstream Exabeam processes.

Note

Parsing of data collected from Cribl is only supported for New Scale Search and Advanced Analytics i63 or later.

Previously, Cribl logs could only be ingested by configuring a generic Webhook cloud collector. This new Cribl-dedicated cloud collector provides improved scalability and stability while processing Cribl logs and it also allows logs to be reprocessed.

The Cribl cloud collector relies on an Exabeam Google Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket behind the scenes. When you create a new Cribl cloud collector, the provisioning of the GCS bucket is handled automatically and you are presented with the authentication keys and other information necessary to configure an Exabeam destination in your Cribl Stream pipeline.

After you have completed the configuration procedure in Cribl Stream, Cribl data begins flowing into the Exabeam GCS bucket. From the GCS bucket the data is pushed to the Cribl Cloud Collector in your Cloud Collectors service and becomes available for use in downstream processes.

Onboarding a Cribl cloud collector requires completing tasks in both the Exabeam Cloud Collectors service and in Cribl Stream (release 4.3.1 or later):

  1. Create a Cribl cloud collector in the Exabeam Cloud Collectors service.

  2. Configure an Exabeam destination in Cribl Stream. See the Exabeam section in the Cribl Destinations documentation.

  3. To determine if any specific log configuration is necessary, see Scenarios that Require Specific Configurations.