Random Log Generator

Generate fake log messages for different log types using Pythons Faker library (Link to Faker Docs: https://faker.readthedocs.io/en/master/index.html)

Prerequisites

• Launch an Ubuntu LTS 20.04 t2.medium AWS EC2 instance

• Create an HTTP Logs and Metrics source on a Hosted Collector in your Sumo Logic account

• Connect to EC2 instance and run

   git clone https://github.com/droonee/sumo_loggen.git sumo_loggen && cd sumo_loggen && chmod +x setup.sh && sudo su
  

• Run bash setup.sh to install the requirements and setup the dependencies

Steps to use

• Input the HTTP Endpoint into the sumo_loggen.py file located in the parent sumo_loggen directory

• Apache is selcted to begin logging by default. Change the data source loggen in the sumo_loggen.py file

• Any time a change is made in sumo_loggen.py, the following needs to be run

   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   sudo systemctl restart loggen.service
  

Cleanup

• Stop the EC2 instance when you do not need log data flowing

Troubleshooting

• Try using receipt time when log searching

• Make sure that the absolute path to the Resources folder is accurate in the *_loggen.py file:

    sys.path.insert(0, '/home/ubuntu/sumo_loggen/Resources')