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zScaler logs via Syslog causing problems with line breaks at rsyslog layer

asridhara
Explorer

We have configured zScaler logs to send logs to a syslog server, where rsyslog intercepts the feed and writes it to a file. HF is deployed to forward logs from file to Indexers. The setup works fine. However, rsyslog upon receiving the logs does some funny things such as 

 

2021-09-1704:12:27 reason=Allowed event_id=7008750744672403548 pr
2021-09-17T14:12:52.976915+10:00 10.24.12.5 otocol=HTTP_PROXY action=Allowed transactionsize=130 responsesize=65 requestsize=65 urlcategory=Corporate Marketing serverip=52.13.15.12 clienttranstime=0 requestmethod=CONNECTrefererURL="None" useragent=Unknown product=NSS location=

As you can see the feed is broken in to two lines (log length is not causing the break)

Is there an rsyslog config I can use to remediate this issue

The zScaler format we have used is below

%d{yy}-%02d{mth}-%02d{dd}%02d{hh}:%02d{mm}:%02d{ss}\treason=%s{reason}\tevent_id=%d{recordid}\tprotocol=%s{proto}\taction=%s{action}\ttransactionsize=%d{totalsize}\tresponsesize=%d{respsize}\trequestsize=%d{reqsize}\turlcategory=%s{urlcat}\tserverip=%s{sip}\tclienttranstime=%d{ctime}\trequestmethod=%s{reqmethod}\trefererURL="%s{ereferer}"\tuseragent=%s{ua}\tproduct=NSS\tlocation=%s{location}\tClientIP=%s{cip}\tstatus=%s{respcode}\tuser=%s{login}\turl="%s{eurl}"\tvendor=Zscaler\thostname=%s{ehost}\tclientpublicIP=%s{cintip}\tthreatcategory=%s{malwarecat}\tthreatname=%s{threatname}\tfiletype=%s{filetype}\tappname=%s{appname}\tpagerisk=%d{riskscore}\tdepartment=%s{dept}\turlsupercategory=%s{urlsupercat}\tappclass=%s{appclass}\tdlpengine=%s{dlpeng}\turlclass=%s{urlclass}\tthreatclass=%s{malwareclass}\tdlpdictionaries=%s{dlpdict}\tfileclass=%s{fileclass}\tbwthrottle=%s{bwthrottle}\tservertranstime=%d{stime}\tmd5=%s{bamd5}\tcontenttype=%s{contenttype}\ttrafficredirectmethod=%s{trafficredirectmethod}\trulelabel=%s{rulelabel}\truletype=%s{ruletype}\tmobappname=%s{mobappname}\tmobappcat=%s{mobappcat}\tmobdevtype=%s{mobdevtype}\tbwclassname=%s{bwclassname}\tbwrulename=%s{bwrulename}\tthrottlereqsize=%d{throttlereqsize}\tthrottlerespsize=%d{throttlerespsize}\tdeviceappversion=%s{deviceappversion}\tdevicemodel=%s{devicemodel}\tdevicemodel=%s{devicemodel}\tdevicename=%s{devicename}\tdevicename=%s{devicename}\tdeviceostype=%s{deviceostype}\tdeviceostype=%s{deviceostype}\tdeviceosversion=%s{deviceosversion}\tdeviceplatform=%s{deviceplatform}\tclientsslcipher=%s{clientsslcipher}\tclientsslsessreuse=%s{clientsslsessreuse}\tclienttlsversion=%s{clienttlsversion}\tserversslsessreuse=%s{serversslsessreuse}\tservertranstime=%d{stime}\tsrvcertchainvalpass=%s{srvcertchainvalpass}\tsrvcertvalidationtype=%s{srvcertvalidationtype}\tsrvcertvalidityperiod=%s{srvcertvalidityperiod}\tsrvocspresult=%s{srvocspresult}\tsrvsslcipher=%s{srvsslcipher}\tsrvtlsversion=%s{srvtlsversion}\tsrvwildcardcert=%s{srvwildcardcert}\tserversslsessreuse="%s{serversslsessreuse}"\tdlpidentifier="%d{dlpidentifier}"\tdlpmd5="%s{dlpmd5}"\tepochtime="%d{epochtime}"\tfilename="%s{filename}"\tfilesubtype="%s{filesubtype}"\tmodule="%s{module}"\tproductversion="%s{productversion}"\treqdatasize="%d{reqdatasize}"\treqhdrsize="%d{reqhdrsize}"\trespdatasize="%d{respdatasize}"\tresphdrsize="%d{resphdrsize}"\trespsize="%d{respsize}"\trespversion="%s{respversion}"\ttz="%s{tz}"\n

 

Thanks

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da
New Member

Hello, 

I was curious if you received any feedback on the issue or if you found a solution? Thank you.

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asridhara
Explorer

Hi,

Unfortunately we still have not found a solution or a workaround for these logs

 

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joshuasolman
Loves-to-Learn Everything

Did you get a response? We are having the same issue

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Firstly, we don't know what syslog daemon you use and what is its confiiguration.

Secondly, I'd start with dumping the incoming traffic to see how the zscaler sends those logs.

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