Pre-Deployment Considerations
AWS Account Information
- AWS Account Number
- AWS Access Key
- AWS Secret Key
This action will be described in a later step.
AWS Account Permissions (Policies)
- AWS GuardDuty
- AWS Lambda
- AWS CloudWatch
- AWS CloudFormation
AMP Permissions
- Write Virtual Machine
- Delete Log Management
- Read Log Endpoints
- Read Log Relays
- Write Log Relays
- Delete Log Relays
To learn more about permissions in AMP, see Roles and Permissions.
Supported AWS GuardDuty Regions
Armor does not provide support for using AWS CloudFormation to set up AWS GuardDuty resources in AWS GovCloud (US).
Log Relay
- To learn how to add Log Relay to your account, see Obtain Log Relay for Remote Log Collection.
Update Your AWS Permissions
According to AWS, "An IAM user is a resource in IAM that has associated credentials and permissions. An IAM user can represent a person or an application that uses its credentials to make AWS requests. This is typically referred to as a service account."
Option 1: For existing AWS service accounts
- AWS GuardDuty
- AWS Lambda
- AWS CloudWatch
- AWS CloudFormation
{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Action": [ "logs:Describe*", "logs:Get*", "logs:List*", "logs:StartQuery", "logs:StopQuery", "logs:TestMetricFilter", "logs:FilterLogEvents" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:Armor_GuardDuty_Log_Group", "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:Armor_GuardDuty_Log_Group:*", "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:Armor_GuardDuty_Log_Group:*:*" ], "Effect": "Allow" } ] }
Option 2: For non-existing AWS service accounts
AWS is in the process of updating the screens in their AWS console. As a result, there are two versions of the AWS CloudFormation screen; however, this step is compatible with both views.
- Click the following link to create a service account in AWS:
- Click Next.
- Click Next.
- Click Next.
- At the bottom of the screen, mark the box to accept the terms, and then click Create stack or Create.
- The service account will take a few minutes to create; you may need to refresh the screen to see account updates.
- Note the name of the newly created service account.
Retrieve Your AWS Credentials
- AWS account number / account ID
- AWS Access Key
- AWS Secret Key
In a later step, you will add this information to your Armor Management Portal (AMP) account.
- In your AWS console, access the IAM section.
- In the left-side window, click Users.
- Locate and select the service account.
- Click Security credentials.
- Click Create access key.
- In the window that appears, copy your Access key ID and Secret access key. You will enter these keys in AMP in a later step.
To learn more about your keys, especially how to create a key, please visit AWS's documentation site.
Create A Remote Log Source Type
- In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Security.
- Click Log & Data Management.
- Click External Sources.
- If this screen is blank, then click Let's Get Started.
- Click the plus ( + ) icon.
- If you do not have any log sources already created, then click Add a New Log Source.
- Complete the missing fields:
- In Endpoint, use the drop-down menu to select an already-configured endpoint.
- In Log Source Type, click Amazon GuardDuty.
- By default, Hostname will be populated; however, the Hostname will change after you enter your AWS credentials.
- By default, Protocol will be populated.
- Enter your AWS information.
- In AWS Account Number, paste the AWS account number for your service account. You must remove any dashes or hyphens ( - ).
- In AWS Access Key and AWS Secret Key, enter the key information for your service account.
- Under AWS Regions, click Select All Regions.
- For best practices, Armor and AWS recommend that you select every region.
- Click Save Log Source.
In the window that appears, click the link to directly access your AWS account with Armor's CloudFormation stackset or stack template already imported.
Multiple regions To collect and send logs from multiple regions, click this link. Afterwards, see Step 4.
Armor and AWS recommend that you configure your account to send logs from all regions.
Single region To collect and send logs from a single region, click this link. Afterwards, see Step 5. https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/new?stackName=guard-duty-forwarding&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Flogs.armor.com%2Fguard-duty-forwarding%2Fsetup-guard-duty-forwarding.yml
Configure the AWS GuardDuty CloudFormation StackSet Template for Multiple Regions
If you only want to send logs from one region, then see (Optional) Step 5: Configure the AWS GuardDuty CloudFormation Stack Template.
- In the AWS console, in Amazon S3 URL, verify that the displayed link is: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/logs.armor.com/guard-duty-forwarding/setup-guard-duty-forwarding.yml
- Click Next.
- (Optional) In StackSet name, enter a descriptive name for the StackSet.
- This name must begin with a letter, and can only contain letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- (Optional) In Log Retention In Days, specify the number of days to maintain logs.
- By default, Armor has configured 3 days.
- Click Next.
- In Deploy stacks in accounts, enter the AWS account number for the AWS service account.
- This is the same AWS service account number that you previously entered in AMP.
- You must remove any dashes or hyphens ( - ).
- Under Specify regions, under Available regions, click Add all.
- Click Next.
- Click Next.
- At the bottom of the screen, mark the box to accept the terms, and then click Create.
- Skip Step 5, and proceed to Step 6.
(Optional) Configure the AWS GuardDuty CloudFormation Stack Template for a Single Region
Verify Connection in AMP
- In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Security.
- Click Log & Data Management, and then select External Sources.
- Locate the newly created remote log source.
- Under Last Event, verify that a recent activity took place.
- This status will indicate that the configurations were successful.
- After you update your AWS account, it may take 30 minutes for AMP to display the updates.
- In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Security.
- Click Log & Data Management, and then select Search.
- If Log & Data Management does not appear, then click Log Management, and then select Search.
- In the search field, enter your AWS account number surrounded by asterisks wildcards.
- For example, you can enter *123456789123*
- This action will display collected AWS GuardDuty logs.
Troubleshooting
If you are having issues adding a remote collector to an AWS GuardDuty remote device, consider that:
- You do not have proper permissions in AWS.
- You entered the AWS account information for an incorrect AWS service account.
- If you have multiple AWS accounts, especially child or organization accounts, you must verify that you added the service account information for the correct service account
Edit a Stack
This section only applies to single stacks, not stack sets.
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