: Set up IoT Security and XSOAR for BlueCat Integration
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Set up IoT Security and XSOAR for BlueCat Integration

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Set up
IoT Security
and XSOAR for BlueCat Integration

Set up
IoT Security
and
Cortex XSOAR
to integrate with BlueCat.
To set up
IoT Security
to integrate through
Cortex XSOAR
with a BlueCat Address Manager, you must add an XSOAR engine to your network.
You must also configure
Cortex XSOAR
with a BlueCat IPAM integration instance and a job to periodically collect IPAM data from the BlueCat Address Manager. To do this, you need the IP address or hostname of the BlueCat Address Manager API and the username and password of the read/write user account that the XSOAR engine will use when forming a secure connection with it.

Cortex XSOAR
Engine Installation

An on-premises XSOAR engine facilitates communications between the
Cortex XSOAR
cloud and a BlueCat Address Manager. Although it's possible to install an XSOAR engine on machines running Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems, only an engine on a Linux machine supports
IoT Security
integrations. For more information about operating system and hardware requirements, see the Cortex Administrator’s Guide.
We recommend downloading the XSOAR engine using the shell installer script and installing it on a Linux machine. This simplifies the deployment by automatically installing all required dependencies and also enables remote engine upgrades.
When placing the XSOAR engine on your network, make sure it can form HTTP or HTTPS connections to the API of your BlueCat Address Manager.
The firewall must allow the engine to form HTTPS connections on TCP port 443 to the Cortex cloud at https://<your-domain>.iot.demisto.live/. You can see the URL of your XSOAR instance when you log in to the
IoT Security
portal and click
Integrations
Launch
Cortex XSOAR
. It’s visible in the address bar of the web page displaying the XSOAR interface.
To create an XSOAR engine, access the
Cortex XSOAR
interface (from the
IoT Security
portal, click
Integrations
Launch
Cortex XSOAR
). Click
Settings
Engines
+ Create New Engine
. Choose
Shell
as the type.
For installation instructions, see Install .
For help troubleshooting
Cortex XSOAR
engines, including installations, upgrades, connectivity, and permissions, see Troubleshoot and Troubleshoot Integrations Running on Engines.

Configure
IoT Security
and
Cortex XSOAR

  1. Log in to
    IoT Security
    and from there access BlueCat IPAM settings in
    Cortex XSOAR
    .
    1. Log in to
      IoT Security
      and then click
      Integrations
      .
    2. IoT Security
      uses
      Cortex XSOAR
      to integrate with a BlueCat Address Manager, and the settings you must configure to integrate with it are in the XSOAR interface. To access these settings, click
      Launch
      Cortex XSOAR
      .
      The
      Cortex XSOAR
      interface opens in a new browser window.
    3. Click Settings in the left navigation menu, search for
      bluecat
      to locate it among other instances.
  2. Configure the BlueCat IPAM integration instance.
    1. Click
      Add instance
      to open the settings panel.
    2. Enter the following settings:
      Name
      : Use the default name of the instance or enter a new one.
      Remember the instance name because you are going to use it again when creating a job that
      Cortex XSOAR
      will run to gather IPAM data from the BlueCat Address Manager specified in this instance.
      Server URL
      : Enter the IP address or hostname of the BlueCat Address Manager, preceded by
      http://
      or
      https://
      , depending on your Address Manager configuration. For example,
      https://bluecat1.acme.com
      .
      Username
      : Type the name of the user account that you previously created in the BlueCat Address Manager UI for the XSOAR engine to use when connecting to the BlueCat API.
      Password
      : Type the password associated with the user account.
      Run on Single engine
      : Choose the XSOAR engine that you want to communicate with this BlueCat Address Manager.
    3. When finished, click
      Test
      .
      If the test is successful, a Success message appears. If not, check that the settings were entered correctly and then test the configuration again.
    4. After the test succeeds, click
      Save & exit
      to save your changes and close the settings panel.
  3. Create a job for XSOAR to query the BlueCat Address Manager for IPAM data about its subnets and blocks (referred to as
    networks
    and
    blocks
    by BlueCat) and send them to
    IoT Security
    .
    1. Copy the name of the BlueCat IPAM integration instance you just created, click
      Jobs
      near the bottom of the left navigation menu and then click
      New Job
      at the top of the page.
    2. In the New Job panel that appears, enter the following and leave the other settings at their default values:
      Recurring
      : Select this if you want to periodically import the BlueCat Address Manager for IPAM data. Leave it unselected to run the bulk data import job manually.
      Every
      : If you select
      Recurring
      , enter a number and set the interval value (Minutes, Hours, Days, or Weeks) and select the days or time of day to run the job. (If you don’t select specific days, then the job will run everyday by default.) This determines how often and when XSOAR queries the BlueCat Address Manager. For example:
      1 day
      and
      2:00
      Name
      : Enter a name for the job.
      Playbook
      : Choose
      Bulk Import of subnet network info from BlueCat IPAM to PANW IoT Cloud
      .
      Import IPAM site definitions to
      IoT Security
      : Because BlueCat Address Manager does not support the concept of sites, this setting is ignored.
      Integration Instance Name
      : Paste the instance name you copied a few moments ago.
      Overwrite non-site data when an IP block or subnet is the same in IPAM and
      IoT Security
      : Non-site data for an IP block or subnet consists of its name and, for subnets, its gateway IP address. Select
      Yes
      if you want BlueCat non-site data to overwrite
      IoT Security
      data when there are matching IP blocks and subnets. Select
      No
      if you don’t want BlueCat non-site data to overwrite
      IoT Security
      data.
      Overwrite site data when a root block is the same in IPAM and
      IoT Security
      : Because BlueCat Address Manager does not support the concept of sites, this setting is ignored.
    3. Click
      Create new job
      .
  4. Enable the job and run it.
    1. Check the Job Status for the job you created. If it’s
      Disabled
      , select its check box and then click
      Enable
      .
    2. After you enable it, keep the check box selected and click
      Run now
      . The Run Status changes from
      Idle
      to
      Running
      .
      If you configured the job to be run manually, it begins immediately. If you configured it to recur at a defined interval, it will start at the time you set. When it does start, XSOAR queries the BlueCat Address Manager for IPAM data, which it then forwards to the
      IoT Security
      cloud.
  5. If you created more integration instances for multiple BlueCat Address Managers, add more instances as necessary.
    Each BlueCat IPAM instance requires a separate job.
  6. When done, return to the
    IoT Security
    portal and check the status of the BlueCat IPAM integration.
    Four states can appear in the Status column on the Integrations page.
    • Disabled
      means that either the integration was never configured (its default state) or it was configured but intentionally disabled.
    • Error
      means that the integration was configured and enabled but is not functioning properly, possibly due to a configuration error or network condition.
    • Inactive
      means that the integration was configured and enabled but no job has run for at least the past 60 minutes.
    • Active
      means that the integration was configured and enabled and is functioning properly.
    When you see that its status is
    Active
    , the setup for
    IoT Security
    /
    Cortex XSOAR
    integration with BlueCat IPAM is complete.

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