splunk.es.correlation_search module – Manage Splunk Enterprise Security Correlation Searches

Note

This module is part of the splunk.es collection (version 1.0.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install splunk.es.

To use it in a playbook, specify: splunk.es.correlation_search.

New in version 1.0.0: of splunk.es

Synopsis

  • This module allows for creation, deletion, and modification of Splunk Enterprise Security Correlation Searches

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

app

string

Splunk app to associate the correlation seach with

Default: “SplunkEnterpriseSecuritySuite”

cron_schedule

string

Enter a cron-style schedule.

For example '*/5 * * * *' (every 5 minutes) or '0 21 * * *' (every day at 9 PM).

Real-time searches use a default schedule of '*/5 * * * *'.

Default: “*/5 * * * *”

description

string / required

Description of the coorelation search, this will populate the description field for the web console

name

string / required

Name of coorelation search

schedule_priority

string

Raise the scheduling priority of a report. Set to “Higher” to prioritize it above other searches of the same scheduling mode, or “Highest” to prioritize it above other searches regardless of mode. Use with discretion.

Choices:

  • Default ← (default)

  • Higher

  • Highest

schedule_window

string

Let report run at any time within a window that opens at its scheduled run time, to improve efficiency when there are many concurrently scheduled reports. The “auto” setting automatically determines the best window width for the report.

Default: “0”

scheduling

string

Controls the way the scheduler computes the next execution time of a scheduled search.

Learn more: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.3/Report/Configurethepriorityofscheduledreports#Real-time_scheduling_and_continuous_scheduling

Choices:

  • real-time ← (default)

  • continuous

string / required

SPL search string

state

string / required

Add, remove, enable, or disiable a correlation search.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

  • enabled

  • disabled

suppress_alerts

boolean

To suppress alerts from this correlation search or not

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

throttle_fields_to_group_by

string

Type the fields to consider for matching events for throttling.

throttle_window_duration

string

How much time to ignore other events that match the field values specified in Fields to group by.

time_earliest

string

Earliest time using relative time modifiers.

Default: “-24h”

time_latest

string

Latest time using relative time modifiers.

Default: “now”

trigger_alert_when

string

Raise the scheduling priority of a report. Set to “Higher” to prioritize it above other searches of the same scheduling mode, or “Highest” to prioritize it above other searches regardless of mode. Use with discretion.

Choices:

  • number of events ← (default)

  • number of results

  • number of hosts

  • number of sources

trigger_alert_when_condition

string

Conditional to pass to trigger_alert_when

Choices:

  • greater than ← (default)

  • less than

  • equal to

  • not equal to

  • drops by

  • rises by

trigger_alert_when_value

string

Value to pass to trigger_alert_when

Default: “10”

ui_dispatch_context

string

Set an app to use for links such as the drill-down search in a notable event or links in an email adaptive response action. If None, uses the Application Context.

Notes

Note

  • The following options are not yet supported: throttle_window_duration, throttle_fields_to_group_by, and adaptive_response_actions

Examples

- name: Example of creating a correlation search with splunk.es.coorelation_search
  splunk.es.correlation_search:
    name: "Example Coorelation Search From Ansible"
    description: "Example Coorelation Search From Ansible, description."
    search: 'source="/var/log/snort.log"'
    state: "present"

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