: ESM Configuration Change Event Variables
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ESM Configuration Change Event Variables

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ESM Configuration Change Event Variables

ESM configuration change events include system-wide changes to licensing, administrative users and roles, processes, restriction settings, and conditions. The ESM Console lists these events under the following Logging Events categories:
  • Policies - Process Management
  • Policies - Restriction Settings
  • Settings - Administration
  • Settings Conditions
The following table displays the most commonly specified variables in ESM configuration-related events.
Name
Meaning
shost
Machine name of the ESM Console server
suser
User who is logged in to the ESM Console
msg
Free text description
dhost
Machine name of the endpoint
deviceProcessName
Process name
For example, consider the output for a Role Added/Edited event in CEF format:
Sep 28 2016 17:42:04 ESM CEF:0|Palo Alto Networks|Traps ESM|3.4.1.16709|Role
Edited|Config|3|rt=Sep 28 2016 17:42:04 shost=ESM suser=administrator
msg=Role TechWriter was added\changed
Notice that this event uses several common variables, namely: shost, suser, and msg.