Suricata and New Relic Integration
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Input and output integration overview
This plugin reports internal performance counters of the Suricata IDS/IPS engine and processes the incoming data to fit Telegraf’s format.
This plugin allows the sending of metrics to New Relic Insights using the Metrics API, enabling effective monitoring and analysis of application performance.
Integration details
Suricata
The Suricata plugin captures and reports internal performance metrics from the Suricata IDS/IPS engine, which includes a wide range of statistics such as traffic volume, memory usage, uptime, and counters for flows and alerts. This plugin listens for JSON-formatted log outputs from Suricata, allowing it to parse and format the data for integration with Telegraf. It operates as a service input plugin, meaning it actively waits for metrics or events from Suricata rather than collecting metrics at predefined intervals. The plugin supports configurations for different metrics versions allowing for enhanced flexibility and detailed data gathering.
New Relic
This plugin writes metrics to New Relic Insights utilizing the Metrics API, which provides a robust mechanism for sending time series data to the New Relic platform. Users must first obtain an Insights API Key to authenticate and authorize their data submissions. The plugin is designed to facilitate easy integration with New Relic’s monitoring and analytics capabilities, supporting a variety of metric types and allowing for efficient data handling. Core features include the ability to add prefixes to metrics for better identification, customizable timeouts for API requests, and support for proxy settings to enhance connectivity. It is essential for users to configure these options according to their requirements, enabling seamless data flow into New Relic for comprehensive real-time analytics and insights.
Configuration
Suricata
[[inputs.suricata]]
## Source
## Data sink for Suricata stats log. This is expected to be a filename of a
## unix socket to be created for listening.
# source = "/var/run/suricata-stats.sock"
## Delimiter
## Used for flattening field keys, e.g. subitem "alert" of "detect" becomes
## "detect_alert" when delimiter is "_".
# delimiter = "_"
## Metric version
## Version 1 only collects stats and optionally will look for alerts if
## the configuration setting alerts is set to true.
## Version 2 parses any event type message by default and produced metrics
## under a single metric name using a tag to differentiate between event
## types. The timestamp for the message is applied to the generated metric.
## Additional tags and fields are included as well.
# version = "1"
## Alerts
## In metric version 1, only status is captured by default, alerts must be
## turned on with this configuration option. This option does not apply for
## metric version 2.
# alerts = false
New Relic
[[outputs.newrelic]]
## The 'insights_key' parameter requires a NR license key.
## New Relic recommends you create one
## with a convenient name such as TELEGRAF_INSERT_KEY.
## reference: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/intro-apis/new-relic-api-keys/#ingest-license-key
# insights_key = "New Relic License Key Here"
## Prefix to add to add to metric name for easy identification.
## This is very useful if your metric names are ambiguous.
# metric_prefix = ""
## Timeout for writes to the New Relic API.
# timeout = "15s"
## HTTP Proxy override. If unset use values from the standard
## proxy environment variables to determine proxy, if any.
# http_proxy = "http://corporate.proxy:3128"
## Metric URL override to enable geographic location endpoints.
# If not set use values from the standard
# metric_url = "https://metric-api.newrelic.com/metric/v1"
Input and output integration examples
Suricata
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Network Traffic Analysis: Utilize the Suricata plugin to track detailed metrics about network intrusion attempts and performance, aiding in real-time threat detection and response. By visualizing captured alerts and flow statistics, security teams can quickly pinpoint vulnerabilities and mitigate risks.
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Performance Monitoring Dashboard: Create a dashboard using the Suricata Telegraf plugin metrics to monitor the health and performance of the IDS/IPS engine. This use case provides an overview of memory usage, captured packets, and alert statistics, allowing teams to maintain optimal operating conditions.
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Automated Security Reporting: Leverage the plugin to generate regular reports on alert statistics and traffic patterns, helping security analysts to identify long-term trends and prepare strategic defense initiatives. Automated reports also ensure that the security posture of the network is continually assessed.
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Real-time Alert Handling: Integrate Suricata’s alert metrics within a broader incident response automation framework. By incorporating the inputs from the Suricata plugin, organizations can develop smart triggers for alerting and automated response workflows that enhance reaction times to potential threats.
New Relic
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Application Performance Monitoring: Use the New Relic Telegraf plugin to send application performance metrics from a web service to New Relic Insights. By integrating this plugin, developers can collect data such as response times, error rates, and throughput, enabling teams to monitor application health in real-time and resolve issues quickly before they impact users. This setup promotes proactive management of application performance and user experience.
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Infrastructure Metrics Aggregation: Leverage this plugin to aggregate and send system-level metrics (CPU usage, memory consumption, etc.) from various servers to New Relic. This helps system administrators maintain an comprehensive view of infrastructure performance, facilitating capacity planning and identifying potential bottlenecks. By centralizing metrics in New Relic, teams can visualize trends over time and make informed decisions regarding resource allocation.
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Dynamic Metric Naming for Multi-tenant Applications: Implement dynamic prefixing with the metric_prefix option to differentiate between different tenants in a multi-tenant application. By configuring the plugin to include a unique identifier per tenant in the metric names, teams can analyze usage patterns and performance metrics per tenant. This provides valuable insights into tenant behavior, supporting tailored optimizations and enhancing service quality across different customer segments.
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Real-time Anomaly Detection: Combine the New Relic plugin with alerting mechanisms to trigger notifications based on unusual metric patterns. By sending metrics such as request counts and response times, teams can set thresholds in New Relic that, when breached, will automatically alert responsible parties. This user-driven approach supports immediate responses to potential issues before they escalate into larger incidents.
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Powerful Performance, Limitless Scale
Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-velocity data. Any data is more valuable when you think of it as time series data. with InfluxDB, the #1 time series platform built to scale with Telegraf.
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