Install the Cisco ASA App and view the Dashboards

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This page provides instructions on how to install the Cisco ASA App, and examples of each of the dashboards. The App preconfigured searches and Dashboards provide easy-to-access visual insights into your data.

Install the Cisco ASA App

This section shows you how to install the Cisco ASA App.

To install the app, do the following:

Locate and install the app you need from the App Catalog. If you want to see a preview of the dashboards included with the app before installing, click Preview Dashboards.

From the App Catalog, search for and select the app.
To install the app, click Add to Library and complete the following fields.
1. App Name. You can retain the existing name, or enter a name of your choice for the app. 
2. Data Source. Select either of these options for the data source. 
  - Choose Source Category, and select a source category from the list. 
  - Choose Enter a Custom Data Filter, and enter a custom source category beginning with an underscore. Example: (_sourceCategory=MyCategory). 
3. Advanced. Select the Location in Library (the default is the Personal folder in the library), or click New Folder to add a new folder.
4. Click Add to Library.

Once an app is installed, it will appear in your Personal folder, or other folder that you specified. From here, you can share it with your organization.

Panels will start to fill automatically. It's important to note that each panel slowly fills with data matching the time range query and received since the panel was created. Results won't immediately be available, but with a bit of time, you'll see full graphs and maps.

Dashboard filters

Each dashboard has a set of filters that you can apply to the entire dashboard, as shown in the following example. Click the funnel icon in the top dashboard menu bar to display a scrollable list of filters that are applied across the entire dashboard.

Each panel has a set of filters that are applied to the results for that panel only, as shown in the following example. Click the funnel icon in the top panel menu bar to display a list of panel-specific filters.

Cisco ASA - Overview Dashboard

Outbound Destinations. A geolocation query tracks the number of outbound connection and displays their destinations on a map of the world. Results are displayed for the last hour. Click Show in Search to see more details of the query results.

Denied Connections by Location. Uses a geolocation query to track the number of denied connections and displays their destinations on a map of the world. Results are displayed for the last hour. Click Show in Search to see more details of the query results.

Total Denied Sources. Displays the total number of denied Sources as a single value chart for the last hour.

Bandwidth Served. Shows the amount of bandwidth served as a single value chart for the last hour.

Cisco ASA - Firewall Detail Dashboard

Connections Over Time. Provides information on inbound, outbound, and denied connections over the past hour in increments of five minutes in a stacked area chart.

Protocol Distribution Over Time. Displays data on the connection protocols being used, including GRE, UDP, and TCP, over the past hour in increments of five minutes. Displayed in a column chart.

Bandwidth Served in MBytes. Shows the bandwidth served in megabytes over the last hour in five-minute increments.

Most Severe Messages. Displays the top five most severe message alerts and their count over the last hour.

Outbound Connections Over Time. Provides details on the number of outbound connections by country over the past hour in increments of five minutes.

Outbound Connections to High Risk Countries. Displays the number of outbound connections by country to countries considered high risk over the last hour in five-minute increments.

Denied Connections by Location. Uses a geolocation query to track the number of denied connections, and displays their destinations on a map of the world. Results are displayed for the last hour. Click Show in Search to see more details of the query results.

Top Denied Sources. Lists the top five denied sources by IP address over the last hour.

Top Denying ACLs. Displays the top ten denying ACL connections over the last hour in a bar chart.

Cisco ASA - Logs Analytics Dashboard

Count of ASA Logs by LogLevel. Displays the logs by LogLevel and Severity.

Count by Severity Code. Displays the logs by Severity Code.

Parameterized Search. Log Details with counts.