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* Make GSuite docs more clear

* Add links to help and summary

* Convert filesets info to a table

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marc-gr committed Jul 27, 2020
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It is compatible with a subset of applications under the https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/get-start/getting-started[Google Reports API v1]. As of today it supports:

- https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/saml[SAML Audit Activity Events]
- https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/user-accounts[User Accounts Activity Events]
- https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/login[Login Audit Activity Events]
- https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/admin-application-settings[Admin Audit Activity Events]
- https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/drive[Drive Activity Events]
- https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/groups[Groups Audit Activity Events]
[options="header"]
|===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================
| GSuite Service | Description |
| SAML https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/saml[api docs] https://support.google.com/a/answer/7007375?hl=en&ref_topic=9027054[help] | View users’ successful and failed sign-ins to SAML applications. |
| User Accounts https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/user-accounts[api docs] https://support.google.com/a/answer/9022875?hl=en&ref_topic=9027054[help] | Audit actions carried out by users on their own accounts including password changes, account recovery details and 2-Step Verification enrollment. |
| Login https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/login[api docs] https://support.google.com/a/answer/4580120?hl=en&ref_topic=9027054[help] | Track user sign-in activity to your domain. |
| Admin https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/admin-application-settings[api docs] https://support.google.com/a/answer/4579579?hl=en&ref_topic=9027054[help] | View administrator activity performed within the Google Admin console. |
| Drive https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/drive[api docs] https://support.google.com/a/answer/4579696?hl=en&ref_topic=9027054[help] | Record user activity within Google Drive including content creation in such as Google Docs, as well as content created elsewhere that your users upload to Drive such as PDFs and Microsoft Word files. |
| Groups https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/groups[api docs] https://support.google.com/a/answer/6270454?hl=en&ref_topic=9027054[help] | Track changes to groups, group memberships and group messages. |
|===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================

=== Configure the module

In order for filebeat to ingest data from the Google Reports API you must set up a `ServiceAccount` that has access to the `Admin SDK API`. Additionally https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/guides/delegation[Domain-Wide Delegation] is required for your application to work properly.
In order for filebeat to ingest data from the Google Reports API you must https://support.google.com/gsuitemigrate/answer/9222993?hl=en[set up a ServiceAccount] that https://support.google.com/gsuitemigrate/answer/9222865?hl=en[has access to the Admin SDK API].


This module will make use of the following `oauth2 scope`:
Additionally https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/guides/delegation[Domain-Wide Delegation] is required for your application to work properly.

This module will make use of the following *oauth2 scope*:

- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.reports.audit.readonly`

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enabled: true
var.jwt_file: "./credentials_file.json"
var.delegated_account: "user@example.com"
admin:
enabled: true
var.jwt_file: "./credentials_file.json"
var.delegated_account: "user@example.com"
drive:
enabled: true
var.jwt_file: "./credentials_file.json"
var.delegated_account: "user@example.com"
groups:
enabled: true
var.jwt_file: "./credentials_file.json"
var.delegated_account: "user@example.com"
----

Every fileset has the following configuration options:
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*`var.interval`*::

Duration between requests to the API. Defaults to `60s`.
Duration between requests to the API. Defaults to `2h`.

NOTE: GSuite defaults to a 2 hour polling interval because Google reports can go from
some minutes up to 3 days of delay. For more details on this, you can read more https://support.google.com/a/answer/7061566[here].

*`var.user_key`*::

Specifies the user key to fetch reports from. Defaults to `all`.

*`var.initial_interval`*::

It will poll events up to this time period when the module starts. This is to prevent polling too many or repeated events on module restarts. Defaults to `24h`.

[float]
==== GSuite Reports ECS fields

This is a list of GSuite Reports fields that are mapped to ECS.

[options="header"]
|=======================================================================================
| GSuite Reports | ECS Fields |
| items[].id.time | @timestamp |
| items[].id.uniqueQualifier | event.id |
| items[].id.applicationName | event.provider |
| items[].events[].name | event.action |
| items[].customerId | organization.id |
| items[].ipAddress | source.ip, related.ip, source.as.*, source.geo.* |
| items[].actor.email | source.user.email, source.user.name, source.user.domain |
| items[].actor.profileId | source.user.id |
|=======================================================================================
|===============================================================================================
| GSuite Reports | ECS Fields |
| `items[].id.time` | `@timestamp` |
| `items[].id.uniqueQualifier` | `event.id` |
| `items[].id.applicationName` | `event.provider` |
| `items[].events[].name` | `event.action` |
| `items[].customerId` | `organization.id` |
| `items[].ipAddress` | `source.ip`, related.ip`, `source.as.*`, `source.geo.*` |
| `items[].actor.email` | `source.user.email`, `source.user.name`, `source.user.domain` |
| `items[].actor.profileId` | `source.user.id` |
|===============================================================================================

These are the common ones to all filesets.

Note: GSuite defaults to a 2 hours polling interval because Google admin lag times can go from
some minutes up to 3 days. For more details on this, please read more https://support.google.com/a/answer/7061566[here].

:has-dashboards!:

:modulename!:
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# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
user_accounts:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
login:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
admin:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
drive:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
groups:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h

#------------------------------- HAProxy Module -------------------------------
- module: haproxy
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# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
user_accounts:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
login:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
admin:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
drive:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
groups:
enabled: true
# var.jwt_file: credentials.json
# var.delegated_account: admin@example.com
# var.initial_interval: 24h
# var.http_client_timeout: 60s
# var.user_key: all
# var.interval: 5s
# var.interval: 2h
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