Blackboard Learn

When you configure your Blackboard Learn to send log data to USM Appliance, you can use the Blackboard Learn plugin to translate raw log data into normalized events for analysis. The table below provides some basic information for the plugin.

Plugin Information
Device Details
Vendor Blackboard
Device Type Web Application
Connection Type Syslog
Data Source Name Blackboard-learn
Data Source ID 1924

Integrating Blackboard Learn

Before you configure the Blackboard Learn integration, you must have the IP Address of the USM Appliance Sensor.

To configure Blackboard Learn to send Syslog messages to USM Appliance

  1. Create a new rsyslog configuration that includes the following content:

    $ModLoad imfile

     

    $InputFileName </path/to/file>

    $InputFileTag <tag>

    $InputFileStateFile <stat-file>

    $InputFileSeverity error

    $InputFileFacility local7

    $InputRunFileMonitor

     

     

    *.* @<USM Appliance-IP-Address>:514

  2. Save and restart rsyslog.

Plugin Enablement

For plugin enablement information, see Enable Plugins.

Additional Resources and Troubleshooting

http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/imfile.html

For troubleshooting, see the vendor documentation.