The custom Windows event log package allows you to ingest events from any Windows event log channel. You can get a list of available event log channels by running Get-WinEvent -ListLog * | Format-List -Property LogName in PowerShell on Windows Vista or newer. If Get-WinEvent is not available, Get-EventLog * may be used. Custom ingest pipelines may be added by setting one up in Ingest Node Pipelines.

Configuration

Windows Event ID clause limit

If you specify more than 22 query conditions (event IDs or event ID ranges), some versions of Windows will prevent the integration from reading the event log due to limits in the query system. If this occurs, a similar warning as shown below:

The specified query is invalid.

In some cases, the limit may be lower than 22 conditions. For instance, using a mixture of ranges and single event IDs, along with an additional parameter such as ignore older, results in a limit of 21 conditions.

If you have more than 22 conditions, you can work around this Windows limitation by using a drop_event processor to do the filtering after filebeat has received the events from Windows. The filter shown below is equivalent to event_id: 903, 1024, 2000-2004, 4624 but can be expanded beyond 22 event IDs.

- drop_event.when.not.or:
  - equals.winlog.event_id: "903"
  - equals.winlog.event_id: "1024"
  - equals.winlog.event_id: "4624"
  - range:
      winlog.event_id.gte: 2000
      winlog.event_id.lte: 2004

Fields Mapping

In addition to the fields specified below, this integration includes the ECS Dynamic Template. Any field that follow the ECS Schema will get assigned the correct index field mapping and does not need to be added manually.

Exported fields

Changelog