Activate the CSV Collector

In
Cortex
XDR
, select
Settings
Configurations
Data Broker
Broker VMs
and locate your broker VM.
Right-click the broker VM and select
CSV Collector
Activate
.
Configure your CSV Collector by defining the list of folders mounted to the broker VM and specifying the list of CSV files to monitor and upload to
Cortex
XDR
. You must also specify a username and password.
Mounted Folders
FOLDER PATH
—Specify the complete file path to the Windows directory containing the shared CSV files using the format:
//host/
<folder_path>
. For example,
//testenv1pc10/CSVFiles
.
USERNAME
—Specify the username for accessing the Windows directory.
PASSWORD
—Specify the password for accessing the Windows directory.
After you configure the mounted folder details,
Add
( ) details to the applet.
Monitored CSV Files
FOLDER PATH+NAME
—Select the monitored Windows directory and specify the name of the CSV file. Use a wildcard file search using these characters in the name of the directory, CSV file name, and
Path Exclusion
.
-
?
—Matches a single char, such as
202?-report.csv
.
-
*
—Matches either multiple characters, such as
2021-report*.csv
, or all CSV files with
*.csv
.
-
**
—Searches all directories and subdirectories
For example, if you want to include all the CSV files in the directory and any subdirectories, use the syntax
//host/
<folder_path>
/**/*.csv
.
When you implement a wildcard file search, ensure that the CSV files share the same columns and header rows as all other logs that are collected from the CSV files to create a single dataset.
PATH EXCLUSION
—(
Optional
) Specify the complete file path for any files from the Windows directory that you do not want included. The same wildcard file search characters are allowed in this field as explained above for the
FOLDER PATH+NAME
field. For example, if you want to exclude any CSV file prefixed with '
exclude_
' in the directory and subdirectories of
//host/
<folder_path>
, use the syntax
//host/
<folder_path>
/**/exclude_*.csv>
.
TAGS
—(
Optional
) To easily query the CSV data in the database, you can add a tag to the collected CSV data. This tag is appended to the data using the format
<data>_<tag>
.
TARGET DATASET
—Either select the target dataset for the CSV data or create a new dataset by specifying the name for the new dataset.
Activate
the CSV Collector applet.
After a successful activation, the
Apps
field displays
CSV Collector - Active
.
The CSV Collector checks for new CSV files every 10 minutes.
(
Optional
) To view metrics about the CSV Collector, hover over the
CSV Collector
link in the Apps field.
Cortex
XDR
displays
Resources
, including the amount of
CPU
,
Memory
, and
Disk
space the applet is using.
Manage the CSV Collector.
After you activate the CSV Collector, you can make additional changes as needed. To modify a configuration, right-click your broker VM and select:
CSV Collector
Configure
to redefine the CSV Collector configurations.
CSV Collector
Deactivate
to disable the CSV Collector.
You can also Ingest CSV Files as Datasets.