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Sheriff CSM™

PacketFence

When you configure PacketFence to send log data to Sheriff CSM, you can use the PacketFence plugin to translate raw log data into normalized events for analysis. The table below provides some basic information for the plugin:

Plugin Information

Device	Details
Vendor	Inverse Inc.
Device Type	Network Access Control
Connection Type	Syslog
Data Source Name	packetfence
Data Source ID	1876

Integrating PacketFence

Before you configure the PacketFence integration, you must have the IP Address of the Sheriff CSM Sensor (Deputy).

To configure PacketFence to send Syslog messages to Sheriff CSM

Log data collection and Syslog output to Sheriff CSM is configured by modifying log.conf with a SYSLOG appender. For example:

log4perl.rootLogger=DEBUG, LOGFILE, SYSLOG
log4perl.category.pf.SNMP = INFO
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE=Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.filename=/usr/local/pf/logs/packetfence.log
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.mode=append
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout=PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{MMM dd HH:mm:ss} %X{proc}(%X{tid}) %p: %m (%M)%n
log4perl.appender.SYSLOG = Log::Dispatch::Syslog
log4perl.appender.SYSLOG.ident = packetfence
log4perl.appender.SYSLOG.facility = local5
log4perl.appender.SYSLOG.layout = Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout

After creating the appender file, make sure you include your entry in /etc/rsyslog.conf (RHEL), for example:

local5. * @your_syslog

After making changes to the log configuration, restart syslog to have the changes take effect.

Note: Make sure you configure the correct log that you want to send under /usr/local/pf/conf/log.conf.d/.

Plugin Enablement

For plugin enablement information, see Enable Plugins.

Additional Resources and Troubleshooting

https://packetfence.org/support/faq/article/packetfence-and-remote-syslog.html?no_cache=1

For troubleshooting, refer to the vendor documentation:

https://packetfence.org/support/faq.html