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Saturday, April 21, 2018

Sample WinLogBeat.yml file for ELK and Humio users

We have published a sample WinLogBeat.yml file for ELK and Humio users to collect the right stuff and provide an example of how to exclude various events to collect less noise and make your log management experience easier.

This config can be expanded to collect more log events, or exclude more noisy normal events.  Refer to the other Cheat Sheets for more information on items to collect.  The Windows Logging Cheat Sheets may be found here:

You may find a copy of the sample WinLogBeat.yml file here:

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Watch for a "Windows Humio Logging Cheat Sheet" coming in the near future!!!

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