Google Identity Access Metrics

Ship your Google Identity Access Metrics via Telegraf to your Logit.io Stack

Follow the steps below to send your observability data to Logit.io

Metrics

Configure Telegraf to ship Google Identity Access metrics to your Logit.io stacks via Logstash.

Install Integration

Please click on the Install Integration button to configure your stack for this source.

Set Credentials in GCP

@intro

Begin by heading over to the 'Project Selector' (opens in a new tab) and select the specific project from which you wish to send metrics.
- Progress to the 'Service Account Details' screen. Here, assign a distinct name to your service account and opt for 'Create and Continue'.
- In the 'Grant This Service Account Access to Project' screen, ensure the following roles: 'Compute Viewer', 'Monitoring Viewer', and 'Cloud Asset Viewer'.
- Upon completion of the above, click 'Done'.
- Now find and select your project in the 'Service Accounts for Project' list.
- Move to the 'KEYS' section.
- Navigate through Keys > Add Key > Create New Key, and specify 'JSON' as the key type.
- Lastly, click on 'Create', and make sure to save your new key.
Now add the environment variable for the key

On the machine run:
```
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=<your-gcp-key>
```

Install Telegraf

This integration allows you to configure a Telegraf agent to send your metrics, in multiple formats, to Logit.io.

Choose the installation method for your operating system:

When you paste the command below into Powershell it will download the Telegraf zip file. Once that is complete, press Enter again and the zip file will be extracted into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf\telegraf-1.31.2.

wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip -UseBasicParsing -OutFile telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip 
Expand-Archive .\telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip -DestinationPath 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf'

Configure the Telegraf input plugin

First you need to set up the input plug-in to enable Telegraf to scrape the GCP data from your hosts. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:

# Gather timeseries from Google Cloud Platform v3 monitoring API
[[inputs.stackdriver]]
  ## GCP Project
  project = "<your-project-name>"
 
  ## Include timeseries that start with the given metric type.
  metric_type_prefix_include = [
	"@metric_type",
  ]
 
  ## Most metrics are updated no more than once per minute; it is recommended
  ## to override the agent level interval with a value of 1m or greater.
  interval = "1m"

Read more about how to configure data scraping and configuration options for Stackdriver (opens in a new tab)

Configure the output plugin

Once you have generated the configuration file, you need to set up the output plug-in to allow Telegraf to transmit your data to Logit.io in Prometheus format. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:

[[outputs.http]]
  url = "https://@metricsUsername:@metricsPassword@@metrics_id-vm.logit.io:@vmAgentPort/api/v1/write"
  data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
 
  [outputs.http.headers]
    Content-Type = "application/x-protobuf"
    Content-Encoding = "snappy"

Start Telegraf

From the location where Telegraf was installed (C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf\telegraf-1.31.2) run the program providing the chosen configuration file as a parameter:

.\telegraf.exe --config telegraf-demo.conf

Once Telegraf is running you should see output similar to the following, which confirms the inputs, output and basic configuration the application has been started with: Powershell Telegraf information

View your metrics

Data should now have been sent to your Stack.

View My Data

If you don't see metrics take a look at How to diagnose no data in Stack below for how to diagnose common issues.

How to diagnose no data in Stack

If you don't see data appearing in your stack after following this integration, take a look at the troubleshooting guide for steps to diagnose and resolve the problem or contact our support team and we'll be happy to assist.

Telegraf Google Identity Access Platform metrics Overview

By leveraging Telegraf to monitor Google IAM metrics, organizations can gain valuable insights into access patterns, security policy changes, authentication attempts, and other critical security-related events. This data is essential for ensuring that only authorized users have access to sensitive information and systems, thereby reducing the risk of data breaches and other security incidents. Monitoring IAM metrics helps in detecting anomalous behavior, auditing access controls, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

However, the complexity and volume of IAM-related data can pose significant challenges in terms of analysis and management. Logit.io addresses these challenges by offering a sophisticated platform that simplifies the ingestion, processing, visualization, and analysis of security metrics, including those from Google IAM.

With Logit.io, businesses can enhance their security analytics, enabling them to quickly identify and respond to potential security threats, optimize their access control policies, and ensure compliance with internal and external security standards. The platform's advanced analytics and monitoring capabilities support proactive security management, helping organizations to safeguard their critical assets in the cloud.

For those integrating Telegraf with Google IAM metrics and looking to elevate their security monitoring and analytics practices, Logit.io offers the necessary tools and expertise. Our platform provides a centralized solution for managing the complexities of security data, allowing you to derive actionable insights and maintain a robust security posture. Sending data to Logit.io from Google Identity Access Metrics is a streamlined and secure process that allows organizations to gain valuable insights into their identity and access management operations. By seamlessly integrating with Logit.io's powerful platform, you can efficiently monitor and analyze the performance of Google Identity Access Metrics in real time, ensuring your security and access control are always at their best. For deeper insights into cloud-native data management, look to our Google Firestore integration or our page on Google Apigee Metrics, Logit.io's GCP logging (opens in a new tab) service is highly rated for its seamless integration capabilities.

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