Settings for a connector of the wec type are described in the following tables.
Basic settings tab
Setting |
Description |
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Name |
Unique name of the resource. Maximum length of the name: 128 Unicode characters. Required setting. |
Tenant |
The name of the tenant that owns the resource. Required setting. |
Type |
Connector type. You need to select wec. Required setting. |
URL |
URL of the collector that you created to receive data using Windows Event Collector, for example, When a collector is created, an agent is automatically created that will get data on the remote device and forward it to the collector service. If you know which server the collector service will be installed on, the URL is known in advance. You can enter the URL of the collector in the URL field after completing the installation wizard. To do so, you first need to copy the URL of the collector in the Resources → Active services section. Required setting. |
Description |
Description of the resource. Maximum length of the description: 4000 Unicode characters. |
Windows logs |
The names of the Windows logs that you want to get. By default, the drop-down list includes only preconfigured logs, but you can add custom log to the list. To do so, enter the names of the custom logs in the Windows logs field, then press ENTER. KUMA service and resource configurations may require additional changes in order to process custom logs correctly. Preconfigured logs:
If the name of at least one log is specified incorrectly, the agent using the connector does not receive events from any log, even if the names of other logs are correct. |
Advanced settings tab
Setting |
Description |
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Character encoding |
Character encoding. The default value is |
Debug |
Resource logging. The toggle switch is turned off by default. |
TLS mode |
TLS encryption mode. Available values:
When using TLS encryption, you cannot specify an IP address as the URL. |
Compression |
Using Snappy compression. Available values:
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If you edit a connector of this type, the TLS mode and Compression settings are visible and available on the connector resource as well as the collector. If you are using a connector of this type on a collector, the values of TLS mode and Compression settings are sent to the destination of automatically created agents.
To start the KUMA agent on the remote device, you must use a service account with the “Log on as a service” permissions. To receive events from the operating system log, the service user account must also have Event Log Readers permissions.
You can create one user account with “Log on as a service” and “Event Log Readers” permissions, and then use a group policy to extend the rights of this account to read the logs to all servers and workstations in the domain.
We recommend that you disable interactive logon for the service account.
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