How to process Cowrie output into Graylog¶

Prerequisites¶

Working Cowrie installation
Working Graylog installation

Cowrie Configuration¶

Open the Cowrie configuration file and uncomment these 3 lines:

[output_localsyslog]
facility = USER
format = text

Restart Cowrie

Graylog Configuration¶

Open the Graylog web interface and click on the System drop-down in the top menu. From the drop-down menu select Inputs. Select Syslog UDP from the drop-down menu and click the Launch new input button. In the modal dialog enter the following information:

**Title:** Cowrie
**Port:** 8514
**Bind address:** 127.0.0.1

Then click Launch.

Syslog Configuration¶

Create a rsyslog configuration file in /etc/rsyslog.d:

$ sudo nano /etc/rsyslog.d/85-graylog.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

$template GRAYLOGRFC5424,"<%pri%>%protocol-version% %timestamp:::date-rfc3339% %HOSTNAME% %app-name% %procid% %msg%\n"
*.* @127.0.0.1:8514;GRAYLOGRFC5424

Save and quit.

Restart rsyslog:

$ sudo service rsyslog restart