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[Deprecated] Apache Tomcat connector for Microsoft Sentinel

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Important

Log collection from many appliances and devices is now supported by the Common Event Format (CEF) via AMA, Syslog via AMA, or Custom Logs via AMA data connector in Microsoft Sentinel. For more information, see Find your Microsoft Sentinel data connector.

The Apache Tomcat solution provides the capability to ingest Apache Tomcat events into Microsoft Sentinel. Refer to Apache Tomcat documentation for more information.

This is autogenerated content. For changes, contact the solution provider.

Connector attributes

Connector attribute Description
Log Analytics table(s) Tomcat_CL
Data collection rules support Not currently supported
Supported by Microsoft Corporation

Query samples

Top 10 Clients (Source IP)

TomcatEvent

| summarize count() by SrcIpAddr

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Vendor installation instructions

NOTE: This data connector depends on a parser based on a Kusto Function to work as expected which is deployed as part of the solution. To view the function code in Log Analytics, open Log Analytics/Microsoft Sentinel Logs blade, click Functions and search for the alias TomcatEvent and load the function code or click here.The function usually takes 10-15 minutes to activate after solution installation/update.

Note

This data connector has been developed using Apache Tomcat version 10.0.4

  1. Install and onboard the agent for Linux or Windows

Install the agent on the Apache Tomcat Server where the logs are generated.

Logs from Apache Tomcat Server deployed on Linux or Windows servers are collected by Linux or Windows agents.

  1. Configure the logs to be collected

Configure the custom log directory to be collected

  1. Select the link above to open your workspace advanced settings
  2. From the left pane, select Data, select Custom Logs and click Add+
  3. Click Browse to upload a sample of a Tomcat log file (e.g. access.log or error.log). Then, click Next >
  4. Select New line as the record delimiter and click Next >
  5. Select Windows or Linux and enter the path to Tomcat logs based on your configuration. Example:
  • Linux Directory: '/var/log/tomcat/*.log'
  1. After entering the path, click the '+' symbol to apply, then click Next >
  2. Add Tomcat_CL as the custom log Name and click Done

Next steps

For more information, go to the related solution in the Azure Marketplace.