Event log support for CEF
The following table maps FortiOS log field names to CEF field names.
FortiOS Log Field Name |
CEF Field Name |
---|---|
msg |
msg |
cookies |
requestCookies |
user |
duser |
status |
outcome |
role |
sourceServiceName |
ui |
sproc |
reason |
reason |
action |
act |
system subtype
The following is an example of a system subtype event log on the FortiGate disk:
date=2018-12-27 time=11:15:40 logid="0100032002" type="event" subtype="system" level="alert" vd="vdom1" eventtime=1545938140 logdesc="Admin login failed" sn="0" user="admin1" ui="https(172.16.200.254)" method="https" srcip=172.16.200.254 dstip=172.16.200.1 action="login" status="failed" reason="name_invalid" msg="Administrator admin1 login failed from https(172.16.200.254) because of invalid user name"
The following is an example of a system subtype event log sent in CEF format to a syslog server:
Dec 27 11:15:40 FGT-A-LOG CEF: 0|Fortinet|Fortigate|v6.0.3|32002|event:system login failed|7|deviceExternalId=FGT5HD3915800610 FTNTFGTlogid=0100032002 cat=event:system FTNTFGTsubtype=system FTNTFGTlevel=alert FTNTFGTvd=vdom1 FTNTFGTeventtime=1545938140 FTNTFGTlogdesc=Admin login failed FTNTFGTsn=0 duser=admin1 sproc=https(172.16.200.254) FTNTFGTmethod=https src=172.16.200.254 dst=172.16.200.1 act=login outcome=failed reason=name_invalid msg=Administrator admin1 login failed from https(172.16.200.254) because of invalid user name
user subtype
The following is an example of a user subtype log on the FortiGate disk:
date=2018-12-27 time=11:17:35 logid="0102043008" type="event" subtype="user" level="notice" vd="vdom1" eventtime=1545938255 logdesc="Authentication success" srcip=10.1.100.11 dstip=172.16.200.55 policyid=1 interface="port12" user="bob" group="N/A" authproto="TELNET(10.1.100.11)" action="authentication" status="success" reason="N/A" msg="User bob succeeded in authentication"
The following is an example of a user subtype log sent in CEF format to a syslog server:
Dec 27 11:17:35 FGT-A-LOG CEF: 0|Fortinet|Fortigate|v6.0.3|43008|event:user authentication success|3|deviceExternalId=FGT5HD3915800610 FTNTFGTlogid=0102043008 cat=event:user FTNTFGTsubtype=user FTNTFGTlevel=notice FTNTFGTvd=vdom1 FTNTFGTeventtime=1545938255 FTNTFGTlogdesc=Authentication success src=10.1.100.11 dst=172.16.200.55 FTNTFGTpolicyid=1 deviceInboundInterface=port12 duser=bob FTNTFGTgroup=N/A FTNTFGTauthproto=TELNET(10.1.100.11) act=authentication outcome=success reason=N/A msg=User bob succeeded in authentication