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Version: 5.6

Upgrading to 5.2

Due to the changes made to improve IP address enrichment, it may be necessary modify your collector's configuration when upgrading from 5.1 to 5.2. The following configuration changes should be reviewed and the relevant guidance followed.

Hostname Options

OptionStatusNotes for 5.2
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_ENABLEFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_NAMESERVER_IPFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_NAMESERVER_TIMEOUTFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_CACHE_SIZEREMOVED. 5.2 uses time-to-live (TTL) to prune items from the cache.
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_RESOLVE_EXPORTERREMOVED. Disabling exporter IPs can be achieved via the new include/exclude feature.
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_RESOLVE_PRIVATEFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_RESOLVE_PUBLICFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_USERDEF_ENABLEREMOVED. If the path below is set, the feature is enabled. If empty, it will be disabled.
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_USERDEF_PATHFunctions similar to 5.1. While it is not necessary to change the location and name of this file from 5.1 (the default location was settings/hostnames_user_defined.yml), the recommended location for a clean installations of 5.2 is hostname/user_defined.yml.
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_USERDEF_REFRESH_RATENEWAdded in 5.2
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_INCLEXCL_PATHNEWAdded in 5.2
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_DNS_INCLEXCL_REFRESH_RATENEWAdded in 5.2

Maxmind Options

OptionStatusNotes for 5.2
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_ASN_ENABLEFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_ASN_CACHE_SIZEREMOVED. 5.2 uses time-to-live (TTL) prune items from the cache.
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_ASN_PATHFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_GEOIP_ENABLEFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_GEOIP_CACHE_SIZEREMOVED. 5.2 uses time-to-live (TTL) prune items from the cache.
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_GEOIP_PATHFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_GEOIP_VALUESFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_GEOIP_LANGFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_GEOIP_INCLEXCL_PATHNEWAdded in 5.2
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_MAXMIND_GEOIP_INCLEXCL_REFRESH_RATENEWAdded in 5.2

RiskIQ Options

OptionStatusNotes for 5.2
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_ASN_ENABLEFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_ASN_ENDPOINTFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_ASN_REFRESH_INTERVALFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_THREAT_ENABLEFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_THREAT_ENDPOINTFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_THREAT_REFRESH_INTERVALFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_API_USERFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_API_KEYFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_API_TIMEOUTFunctions as in 5.1
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_THREAT_INCLEXCL_PATHNEWAdded in 5.2
EF_FLOW_DECODER_ENRICH_RISKIQ_THREAT_INCLEXCL_REFRESH_RATENEWAdded in 5.2