Log Exporter Output

Reblaze can stream traffic events via Log Exporters, e.g. to a SIEM solution.

Data collection

Each active Log Exporter streams events continually, in near-real time.

Reblaze gathers events for a few seconds, or until a certain amount of data has been accumulated, and then sends them all together. The latency between the actual events occurring and their receipt at the destination will generally be less than 30 seconds.

Data protocols

Reblaze sends logs using the Syslog RFC 5424 protocol.

The available transport protocols are:

• TCP

• TCP + TLS (requires SSL certificate)

• UDP (not MVP)

Data format

By default, event messages are only sent for requests blocked by Reblaze.

The following requests are not included in the event stream:

• Requests passed by Reblaze (unless the Log Exporter is in "all" mode)

• Requests challenged by Reblaze, but not blocked

• Requests blocked by the origin

Each line is structured as follows:

<PRI>VERSION ISOTIMESTAMP HOSTNAME APPLICATION PID MESSAGEID STRUCTURED-DATA MSG

...with these fields:

Field	Description	Default value
PRI	priority	13 [log audit]
VERSION	version	1
ISOTIMESTAMP	timestamp of message	timestamp in ISO format
HOSTNAME	hostname	reblazer
APPLICATION	application	- [a hyphen, i.e. no data]
PID	process id	- [a hyphen, i.e. no data]
MESSAGEID	message id	- [a hyphen, i.e. no data]
STRUCTURED-DATA	structured Data	- [a hyphen, i.e. no data]
MSG	message body	The rest of the message (see details below)
END OF LINE	Custom EOL string	**NF** [meaning "nothing follows"]

Each message body contains the following fields, separated by spaces, in the order shown. Strings are enclosed in double quotes.

Field	Data type	Notes
REMOTE_ADDR	string
TIMESTAMP	timestamp
STATUS	integer
BYTES_SENT	integer
REQUEST	string	Path only, without the query
BLOCKED	boolean
IS_HUMAN	boolean
BLOCK_REASON	string	The reason that a request was blocked. If more than block reason exists, only the first will be included.
GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME	string
GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE	string
REQUEST_ID	string
CAPTURED_VECTOR	string	Relevant only for content filter rules; includes the type of the field (e.g. header) and its name.
REQUEST_TIME	float
UPSTREAM_ADDR	string	Will be a hyphen if the request did not reach the upstream.
UPSTREAM_RESPONSE_TIME	float	Will be a hyphen if the request did not reach the upstream.
UPSTREAM_STATUS	integer	The status code returned by the upstream server, if any. Will be a hyphen if the request did not reach the upstream.
DOMAIN_NAME	string	The server group.
HOST	string
REFERER	string
HTTP_USER_AGENT	string
ORGANIZATION	string
SSL_PROTOCOL	string