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Configuration requirements
To run this collector, there are some configurations detailed below that you need to take into account.
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GPC console | You have the right credentials to access the GCP console. |
Permissions | You have to be the owner of the account or have administrator’s permissions in the GCP console. |
Delegated email | You need to have a delegated email with the right permissions. Refer to Google documentation to know how to do it. |
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Overview
Workspace is Google’s suite of products that includes email, calendar, driver, meet, and other collaboration solutions. This collector provides the possibility to integrate Google Workspace with the Devo Platform making it easy to query and analyze the relevant data from Workspace, view it in the pre-configured Activeboards, or customize them to enable Enterprise IT and Cybersecurity teams to make impactful data-driven decisions.
This collector will retrieve alerts on potential issues within your domain. Apps you develop can use Google’s Alert Center API to retrieve alerts in order to respond to them. Apps can also use the API to create and retrieve alert feedback. For example, a monitoring app could retrieve new alerts, prioritize them, and then notify members of your organization when action is needed. The collector processes the API responses and sends them to the Devo platform which then categorizes all data received on tables along rows and columns in your Devo domain.
Devo collector features
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Data sources
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Customer takeout initiated | DomainWideTakeoutInitiated | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Misconfigured whitelist | BadWhitelist | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Malware reclassification | MailPhishing | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Leaked password | AccountWarning | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Google Operations | GoogleOperations | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Government attack warning | StateSponsoredAttack | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Device compromised | DeviceCompromised | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Suspicious activity | SuspiciousActivity | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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AppMaker Default Cloud SQL setup | AppMakerSqlSetupNotification | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Activity Rule | ActivityRule | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Configuration Problem | https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/alertcenter/reference/rest/v1beta1/VoiceMisconfiguration |
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Data Loss Prevention | DlpRuleViolation | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Apps outage | AppsOutage | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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Primary admin changed | SensitiveAdminAction | Google Workspace Alert Center API | Google Developers |
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For more information on how the events are parsed, visit our page.
Vendor setup
There are minimal requirements to setup this collector:
GPC console access: Credentials are required to access the GCP console.
Owner or Administrator permissions within the GCP console.
Have a delegated email.
In order to retrieve the data, we need to create and authorize a Service account to authenticate the collector.
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Once the service account is created and with credentials, it is necessary to authorize it through Domain Wide Delegation.
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You will need to provide a valid email address belonging to a user account. The user account must have appropriate permissions, such as alert viewing. Refer to Google documentation to know how to do it. |
Minimum configuration required for basic pulling
Although this collector supports advanced configuration, the fields required to retrieve data with basic configuration are defined below.
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This minimum configuration refers exclusively to those specific parameters of this integration. There are more required parameters related to the generic behavior of the collector. |
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Accepted authentication methods
Depending on how did you obtain your credentials, you will have to either fill or delete the following properties on the JSON credentials
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Run the collector
Once the data source is configured, you can either send us the required information if you want us to host and manage the collector for you (Cloud collector), or deploy and host the collector in your own machine using a Docker image (On-premise collector).
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This data collector can be run in any machine that has the Docker service available because it should be executed as a docker container. The following sections explain how to prepare all the required setup for having the data collector running. StructureThe following directory structure should be created for being used when running the collector:
Devo credentialsIn Devo, go to Administration → Credentials → X.509 Certificates, download the Certificate, Private key and Chain CA and save them in
Editing the config.yaml file
Replace the placeholders with your required values following the description table below:
Download the Docker imageThe collector should be deployed as a Docker container. Download the Docker image of the collector as a .tgz file by clicking the link in the following table:
Use the following command to add the Docker image to the system:
The Docker image can be deployed on the following services: DockerExecute the following command on the root directory
Docker ComposeThe following Docker Compose file can be used to execute the Docker container. It must be created in the
To run the container using docker-compose, execute the following command from the
We use a piece of software called Collector Server to host and manage all our available collectors. To enable the collector for a customer:
Editing the JSON configuration
Please replace the placeholders with real world values following the description table below:
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Collector services detail
This section is intended to explain how to proceed with specific actions for services.
Devo categorization and destination
The alerts are ingested in the Devo tables with the format cloud.gsuite.alerts.<alert_type>
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Once the collector has been launched, it is important to check if the ingestion is performed in a proper way. To do so, go to the collector’s logs console. This service has the following components:
Setup outputA successful run has the following output messages for the setup module:
Puller outputA successful initial run has the following output messages for the puller module:
After a successful collector’s execution (that is, no error logs found), you will see the following log message:
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This collector uses persistent storage to download events in an orderly fashion and avoid duplicates. In case you want to re-ingest historical data or recreate the persistence, you can restart the persistence of this collector by following these steps:
The collector will detect this change and will restart the persistence using the parameters of the configuration file or the default configuration in case it has not been provided.
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This collector has different security layers that detect both an invalid configuration and abnormal operation. This table will help you detect and resolve the most common errors.
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Collector operations
This section is intended to explain how to proceed with specific operations of this collector.
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InitializationThe initialization module is in charge of setup and running the input (pulling logic) and output (delivering logic) services and validating the given configuration. A successful run has the following output messages for the initializer module:
Events delivery and Devo ingestionThe event delivery module is in charge of receiving the events from the internal queues where all events are injected by the pullers and delivering them using the selected compatible delivery method. A successful run has the following output messages for the initializer module:
Sender servicesThe Integrations Factory Collector SDK has 3 different senders services depending on the event type to delivery (
Sender statisticsEach service displays its own performance statistics that allow checking how many events have been delivered to Devo by type:
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To check the memory usage of this collector, look for the following log records in the collector which are displayed every 5 minutes by default, always after running the memory-free process.
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Sometimes it is necessary to activate the debug mode of the collector's logging. This debug mode increases the verbosity of the log and allows you to print execution traces that are very helpful in resolving incidents or detecting bottlenecks in heavy download processes.
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