Create and configure incoming feeds#

This page describes how to create and configure incoming feeds, and the common configuration options that are available.

For configuration options for specific feeds, see their documentation at EclecticIQ Integrations.

Create an incoming feed#

  1. In the in the left navigation bar, go to Data configuration Data configuration icon > Incoming feeds.

  2. In the top-left corner of the view, click the plus icon Plus at the top-left corner of the page.

This opens a view where you can configure your incoming feed. See Configure incoming feed for the configuration options that follow.

Edit an incoming feed#

  1. In the in the left navigation bar, go to Data configuration Data configuration icon > Incoming feeds.

  2. Locate an incoming feed you want to edit. On the right, select More More > Edit.

    Or:

    Select the feed to open it. At the top right, select More More > Edit.

This opens a view where you can configure your incoming feed. See Configure incoming feed for the configuration options that follow.

Configure incoming feed#

The following describes sections you can configure in an incoming feed.

Note

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

General#

In the General section, set the following fields:

Field

Description

Feed name*

Set a unique name for this feed.

Select Show advanced options to display the following options:

Field

Description

Organization

Enter an organization name. Use this to associate an organization name with this feed. Has no effect on ingested data.

Source reliability

Assign a level of source reliability to the feed.

Data ingested through this feed can inherit this value. See Entities: Common properties.

Override TLP

Default: Not set. Does not change TLP values of ingested objects.

Sets an overriding TLP value for all objects ingested by this feed.

The following table describes how this affects the data in an entity:

Entity JSON field

Description.

  • meta.tlp_color_override

The incoming feed sets the half life value you configure here in this entity field.

  • meta.tlp_color_original

  • sources.tlp_color_override

These fields are not changed. meta.tlp_color_override supersedes these fields when deciding the TLP color of a given entity.

Require valid signature

Checks if downloaded packages have a signature that can be verified by known PGP public keys in Trusted keys

Packages with no signature that EclecticIQ Intelligence Center can verify are discarded and not processed.

Caution

Selecting this option will reject packages if:

  • The packages are not signed.

  • The packages are signed with a PGP key that cannot be verified with public keys in Trusted keys.

Skip extraction of observables from unstructured text

By default, when EclecticIQ Intelligence Center ingests entities it automatically attempts to extract observables from unstructured data.

Select this option to prevent this.

Accept only valid STIX 1.2

Runs all incoming content through a STIX 1.2 validator, and discards content it cannot validate.

Transport and content#

Configure the feed for a given Transport type and Content type. Transport types and content types are provided by extensions listed in Extensions documentation.

Schedule#

Set an Execution schedule to have your feed run automatically.

Option

Description

None

Default. Feeds must be manually run.

Every [n] minutes

Run this feed automatically every [n] minutes.

Select a value for [n].

Every hour, [n] minutes past the hour

Run this feed automatically every hour + [n] minutes.

For example, setting [n] to 4 will cause this feed to run at:

  • 00:04

  • 01:04

  • etc.

Every [n] hours

Run this feed automatically at the start of every [n] hours.

Select a value for [n].

Every day at [time]

Run this feed automatically at the specified time, once a day.

Set a value for [time].

Every [n] days

Run this feed automatically at the start of every [n] days.

Select a value for [n].

Every week on [day of the week] at [time]

Run this feed automatically once every week, on a specific day of the week at a specific time.

Set values for [day of the week] and [time].

Every month on [day of the month] at [time]

Run this feed automatically once every month, on a specific day of the month at a specific time.

Set values for [day of the month] and [time]

Caution

Avoid setting [day of month] to 30 or 31. If you want a schedule to run monthly, use 1 to run at the beginning of the month instead.

Half life#

You can set a half life for each entity type ingested by this incoming feed. This overrides the half life originally set on the entity if it has one.

The following table describes how this affects the data in an entity:

Entity JSON field

Description.

  • meta.half_life_override

The incoming feed sets the half life value you configure here in this entity field.

  • meta.half_life_original

  • sources.half_life_override

These fields are not changed. meta.half_life_override supersedes these fields when EclecticIQ Intelligence Center calculates object relevance.

Save#

Select Save to store your changes,

Or, select Drop-down menu arrow next to the Save button to view additional save options:

  • Save and run: Saves this incoming feed and runs it immediately.

  • Save and new: Saves the current incoming feed and opens an empty form for new feed.

  • Save and duplicate: Saves this incoming feed, and then create and start editing a new feed configuration which is a copy of your saved incoming feed.