This add-on collects Message Trace data from Microsoft Office 365 including the following:
The Microsoft API used by the add-on only supports Basic Authentication (username and password). Creating a new role for the user account with the following permissions is recommended:
Unless otherwise noted, all supported add-ons can be safely installed to all tiers of a distributed Splunk platform deployment. See Where to install Splunk add-ons in Splunk Add-ons for more information.
This table provides a reference for installing this specific add-on to a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise.
Splunk platform component | Supported | Required | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Search Heads | Yes | Yes | This add-on contains search-time knowledge. It is recommended to turn visibility off on your search heads to prevent data duplication errors that can result from running inputs on your search heads instead of (or in addition to) on your data collection node. |
Heavy Forwarders | Yes | No (but recommended) | It is recommended to install this add-on on a heavy forwarder for data collection. Data collection should be configured in only 1 place to avoid duplicates. |
Indexers | Yes | No | Not required as the parsing operations occur on the forwarders. |
Universal Forwarders | No | No | Universal forwarders are not supported for data collection because the modular inputs require Python and the Splunk REST handler. |
Ensure the prerequisites are met above.
The Microsoft API used by the add-on only supports Basic Authentication (username and password). When an update is released for this API to support modern authentication, this add-on will be updated to use modern authentication.
In the meantime, it is possible to enable basic authentication for a single user in your environment. This can be done through the Azure portal using PowerShell.
Connect to Exchange Online
From the Azure portal, start a cloud shell (PowerShell)
$Credential = Get-Credential
$ExchangeSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid" -Credential $credential -Authentication "Basic" -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $ExchangeSession
Create/set the policy
New-AuthenticationPolicy -Name "Allow Basic Auth for Reporting Web Service"
Set-AuthenticationPolicy -Identity "Allow Basic Auth for Reporting Web Service" -AllowBasicAuthReportingWebServices:$true
Check the policy settings
Get-AuthenticationPolicy -Identity "Allow Basic Auth for Reporting Web Service" | fl AllowBasicAuth*
(You should see AllowBasicAuthReportingWebServices : True in the list returned)
Next, grant a specific user the created policy (the username is LegacyUser in this case):
Set-User -Identity LegacyUser -AuthenticationPolicy "Allow Basic Auth for Reporting Web Service"
Finally, check if all went well:
Get-User -Identity LegacyUser | fl auth*
You should see something like this:
AuthenticationPolicy : Allow Basic Auth for Reporting Web Service
Name : LegacyUser
Use of this add-on is permitted subject to your obligations, including data privacy obligations, under your agreement with Splunk and Splunk's Privacy Policy.
See README.md file in the package.
Data collection improvements
Updates for Python3 insepection.
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