NGINX Web Server
The following protocols are used to discover and monitor various aspects of the NGINX webserver.
What is Discovered and Monitored
|
Protocol |
Information discovered |
Metrics collected |
Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
|
SNMP |
Application type |
Process level metrics: CPU utilization, Memory utilization |
Performance Monitoring |
|
Syslog |
|
W3C access logs: attributes include Client IP, URL, User Agent, Referrer, HTTP Version, HTTP Method, HTTP Status Code, Sent Bytes, Received Bytes, Connection Duration |
Security Monitoring and compliance |
Event Types
In ADMIN > Device Support > Event Types, search for "nginx" to see the event types associated with this device.
Configuration
SNMP
FortiSIEM uses SNMP to discover and monitor this device. Make sure SNMP is enabled for the device as directed in its product documentation. For more information, refer to sections "Discovery Settings" and "Setting Credentials" in the User Guide.
Syslog
FortiSIEM processes events from this device via syslog sent by the device. Configure the device to send syslog to FortiSIEM as directed in the device's product documentation, and FortiSIEM will parse the contents.
- For Syslog Server, or the server where the syslog should be sent, enter the IP address of your FortiSIEM virtual appliance.
- For Port, enter 514.
- Make sure that the syslog type is Common Event Format (CEF). The syslog format should be the same as that shown in the example.
Example NGINX Syslog
<29>Jun 15 07:59:03 ny-n1-p2 nginx: "200.158.115.204","-","Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1 WOW64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100178 Firefox/9.0.1","/images/design/header-2-logo.jpg","GET","http://wm-center.com/images/design/header-2-logo.jpg","200","0","/ypf-cookie_auth/index.html","0.000","877","-","10.4.200.203","80","wm-center.com","no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate","-","1.64","_","-","-"
Settings for Access Credentials
SNMP Access Credentials for All Devices
Use these Access Method Definition settings to allow FortiSIEM to communicate with your device over SNMP. Set the Name and Community String.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | <set name> |
| Device Type | Generic |
| Access Protocol | SNMP |
| Community String | <your own> |