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Log type

Description: NXLog Platform automatically creates log types based on the data it ingests. The log type corresponds to the NXLog Agent SourceModuleName core field, which is the name of the input module instance that collected the data.
Also known as: event type
See also: Log types management
Core fields

A

Agent-based log collection

Agentless log collection

Agent management

Automatic enrollment

B

C

CEF (Common Event Format)

CSV (Comma-separated Values)

Customer portal

D

DNS (Domain Name System)

E

Endpoint security

EPS (Events Per Second)

ETW (Event Tracing for Windows)

Event correlation

F

G

GELF (Graylog Extended Log Format)

I

ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

IDS (Intrusion Detection System)

J

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

K

KVP (Key-Value Pair)

L

LEEF (Log Event Extended Format)

Log centralization

Log normalization

M

Multi-line logs

N

O

P

PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)

R

S

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

Structured logging

T

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

TLS (Transport Layer Security)

U

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

W

W3C Extended Log File Format

WEC (Windows Event Collector)

WEF (Windows Event Forwarding)

Windows event ID

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

X