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This topic describes JSON Source parameters for Hosted Collectors. See the following topics for additional information:

Source types for Hosted Collectors

Each Source can have its own unique fields in addition to the generic fields listed in Use JSON to Configure Sources. The sourceType field determines the type of Source (and the associated parameters). The next table lists the valid field types. The sections that follow list the unique parameters for each and associated JSON examples.

Google Cloud Platform and G Suite Apps Audit Sources cannot be created with JSON. These Sources require manual 0Auth confirmation which is only supported in the Sumo web interface.

Hosted log Sources

Field Type Type Value
HTTP Source HTTP
Cloud Syslog Source Cloudsyslog
Amazon S3 Source Polling
AWS Elastic Load Balancing Source Polling
AWS CloudFront Source Polling
AWS CloudTrail Source Polling
AWS S3 Audit Source Polling
AWS Metadata (Tag) Source Polling

Hosted Metrics Sources

Field Type Type Value
AWS CloudWatch Source Polling

Log Source parameters for Hosted Collectors

HTTP Source

In addition to the common parameters, the following parameters are for an HTTP Source.

Parameter Type Required? Default Description Access
fields JSON
Object		 No   Enable Extended HTTP Metadata Collection by adding _convertHeadersToFields=true. modifiable
sourceType String Yes   HTTP not modifiable
messagePerRequest Boolean Yes   When set to true, only a single message will be sent for each HTTP request. To disable this feature, set to false. 

You need to specify the common parameter multilineProcessingEnabled as false when setting messagePerRequest to true.		 modifiable
url String No URL assigned by Sumo for Source The Source's unique HTTP endpoint web address. not modifiable

HTTP Source JSON example: 

{
    "api.version": "v1",
    "source": {
        "sourceType": "HTTP",
        "name": "Example1",
        "fields":{
          "_convertHeadersToFields":"true"
        },
        "messagePerRequest": true,
        "multilineProcessingEnabled": false
    }
}

Cloud Syslog Source

In addition to the common parameters, the following parameters are for a Cloud Syslog Source.

Parameter Type Required? Default Description Access
sourceType String Yes   Cloudsyslog not modifiable

Cloud Syslog Source JSON example: 

{
   "api.version":"v1",
   "source":{
      "sourceType":"Cloudsyslog",
      "name":"Example1"
   }
}

AWS Log Sources

In addition to the common parameters, the following parameters are for all AWS log Sources.

Parameter Type Required? Default Description Access
sourceType String Yes   Polling not modifiable
contentType String No   Define based on the AWS Source you are creating.

S3:                              AwsS3Bucket
S3 Audit:                 AwsS3AuditBucket
CloudFront:          AwsCloudFrontBucket
CloudTrail:             AwsCloudTrailBucket
ELB:                           AwsElbBucket
Metadata:               AwsMetadata		 not modifiable
scanInterval Long Yes  300000 Time interval of S3 bucket scans for new data, in milliseconds. Minimum value:  1000

For Automatic assign to: -1		 modifiable
paused Boolean Yes false When set to true, the scanner for S3 bucket items is paused. To disable, set to false. modifiable
url String No URL assigned by Sumo for Source Used to set up Event Based Notifications with AWS. This value is created and assigned by Sumo when the Source is created. not modifiable
thirdPartyRef Nested JSON Yes   Includes all required information for third-party integration, including the S3 bucket name, path expression for the S3 objects, and access credentials.

IAM User authentication example:

"authentication": {
  "type": "S3BucketAuthentication",
  "awsId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
  "awsKey": "*******"
}

IAM Role authentication example:

"authentication": {
  "type": "AWSRoleBasedAuthentication",
  "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/myrole"
}		 modifiable
snsTopicOrSubscriptionArn

This parameter goes in the thirdPartyRef nested JSON.		 String No   SNS topic/subscription ARN. If SNS has been successfully configured and has received a subscription confirmation request isSuccess will be true.

   "thirdPartyRef": {
        "resources": [{
            "serviceType": "#",
            "path": {
                "type": "#",
                "bucketName": "#",
                "pathExpression": "*",
                "snsTopicOrSubscriptionArn": {
                    "isSuccess": true,
                    "arn": "arn:aws:sns:#:#:SumoSNSTopic-#:#"
                }
            },
            "authentication": {...
            }
        }]
    }		 not modifiable
bucketName

This parameter goes in the thirdPartyRef nested JSON.		 String Yes   Name of your AWS S3 bucket. Modifiable
pathExpression

This parameter goes in the thirdPartyRef nested JSON.		 String Yes   Wildcard pattern that matches the S3 objects you'd like to collect.  Modifiable

Amazon S3 Source

The parameters for this Source can be referenced in the AWS Log Sources section. This is an Amazon S3 Source JSON example: 

{
  "api.version":"v1",
  "source":{
    "sourceType": "Polling",
    "name": "Example1",
    "contentType": "AwsS3Bucket",
    "thirdPartyRef":{
      "resources":[
        {
          "serviceType": "AwsS3Bucket",
          "path": {
            "type": "S3BucketPathExpression",
            "bucketName": "Bucket1",
            "pathExpression": "*"
          },
          "authentication": {
            "type": "AWSRoleBasedAuthentication",
            "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/myrole"
          }
        }    
      ]
    },
    "scanInterval": 300000,
    "paused": false
  }
}

AWS Elastic Load Balancing Source

The parameters for this Source can be referenced in the AWS Log Sources section. This is an AWS Elastic Load Balancing Source JSON example: 

{
    "api.version": "v1",
    "source": {
        "sourceType": "Polling",
        "name": "Example1",
        "contentType": "AwsElbBucket",
        "thirdPartyRef": {
            "resources": [{
                "serviceType": "AwsElbBucket",
                "path": {
                    "type": "S3BucketPathExpression",
                    "bucketName": "Bucket1",
                    "pathExpression": "*"
                },
                "authentication": {
                    "type": "AWSRoleBasedAuthentication",
                    "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/myrole"
                }
            }]
        },
        "scanInterval": 300000,
        "paused": false
    }
}

AWS CloudFront Source

The parameters for this Source can be referenced in the AWS Log Sources section. This is an AWS CloudFront Source JSON example: 

{
    "api.version": "v1",
    "source": {
        "sourceType": "Polling",
        "name": "Example1",
        "contentType": "AwsCloudFrontBucket",
        "thirdPartyRef": {
            "resources": [{
                "serviceType": "AwsCloudFrontBucket",
                "path": {
                    "type": "S3BucketPathExpression",
                    "bucketName": "Bucket1",
                    "pathExpression": "*"
                },
                "authentication": {
                    "type": "AWSRoleBasedAuthentication",
                    "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/myrole"
                }
            }]
        },
        "scanInterval": 300000,
        "paused": false
    }
}

AWS CloudTrail Source

The parameters for this Source can be referenced in the AWS Log Sources section. This is an AWS CloudTrail Source JSON example: 

{
    "api.version": "v1",
    "source": {
        "sourceType": "Polling",
        "name": "Example1",
        "contentType": "AwsCloudTrailBucket",
        "thirdPartyRef": {
            "resources": [{
                "serviceType": "AwsCloudTrailBucket",
                "path": {
                    "type": "S3BucketPathExpression",
                    "bucketName": "Bucket1",
                    "pathExpression": "*"
                },
                "authentication": {
                    "type": "AWSRoleBasedAuthentication",
                    "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/myrole"
                }
            }]
        },
        "scanInterval": 300000,
        "paused": false
    }
}

Amazon S3 Audit Source

The parameters for this Source can be referenced in the AWS Log Sources section. This is an AWS S3 Audit Source JSON example: 

{
    "api.version": "v1",
    "source": {
        "sourceType": "Polling",
        "name": "Example1",
        "contentType": "AwsS3AuditBucket",
        "thirdPartyRef": {
            "resources": [{
                "serviceType": "AwsS3AuditBucket",
                "path": {
                    "type": "S3BucketPathExpression",
                    "bucketName": "Bucket1",
                    "pathExpression": "*"
                },
                "authentication": {
                    "type": "AWSRoleBasedAuthentication",
                    "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/myrole"
                }
            }]
        },
        "scanInterval": 300000,
        "paused": false
    }
}

AWS Metadata (Tag) Source

The parameters for this Source can be referenced in the AWS Log Sources section. This is an AWS Metadata Source JSON example: 

{
    "api.version": "v1",
    "source": {
        "sourceType": "Polling",
        "name": "exampleName",
        "description": "Poll metadata for data",
        "automaticDateParsing": false,
        "multilineProcessingEnabled": false,
        "useAutolineMatching": false,
        "contentType": "AwsMetadata",
        "forceTimeZone": false,
        "filters": [],
        "cutoffTimestamp": 0,
        "encoding": "UTF-8",
        "fields": {

        },
        "thirdPartyRef": {
            "resources": [{
                "serviceType": "AwsMetadata",
                "path": {
                    "type": "AwsMetadataPath",
                    "limitToRegions": ["ap-southeast-2", "us-east-1", "us-west-2"],
                    "limitToNamespaces": ["AWS/EC2"],
                    "tagFilters": ["tag1", "tag2", "tag3", "tag4", "name"]
                },
                "authentication": {
                    "type": "AWSRoleBasedAuthentication",
                    "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/myrole"
                }
            }]
        },
        "scanInterval": 60000,
        "paused": false
    }
}

Metrics Source parameters for Hosted Collectors

AWS CloudWatch Source

The following parameters are for an AWS CloudWatch Source.

Parameter Type Required? Default Description Access
name String Yes   Type a desired name of the Source. The name must be unique per Collector. This value is assigned to the metadata field _source. modifiable
description String No null Type a description of the Source. modifiable
category String No null Type a category of the source. This value is assigned to the metadata field _sourceCategory. See best practices for details. modifiable
sourceType String Yes   Polling not modifiable
contentType String No   AwsCloudWatch not modifiable
scanInterval Long Yes  300000 Time interval of S3 bucket scans for new data, in milliseconds.

Minimum value:  1000		 modifiable
paused Boolean Yes false When set to true, the scanner for metrics is paused. To disable, set to false. modifiable
thirdPartyRef Nested JSON Yes   Includes all required information for third-party integration, including the relevant Amazon regions, namespaces, and access credentials. modifiable

AWS CloudWatch Source JSON example: 

{
   "api.version":"v1",
   "source":{
      "sourceType": "Polling",
      "name": "Example1",
      "contentType": "AwsCloudWatch",
      "thirdPartyRef":{
         "resources":[
            {
               "serviceType": "AwsCloudWatch",
               "path": {
                  "type": "CloudWatchPath",
                  "limitToRegions": ["region-1", "region-2"],
                  "limitToNamespaces": ["AWS/ELB", "AWS/Route53", "AWS/OpsWork"]
               },
               "authentication": {
                  "type": "S3BucketAuthentication",
                  "awsId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
                  "awsKey": "*******"
               }
            }
         ]
      },
      "scanInterval": 300000,
      "paused": false
   }
}