Pleasant Password Server


Version	1.0.1 (View all)
Compatible Kibana version(s)	8.13.0 or higher 9.0.0 or higher
Supported Serverless project types What's this?	Security Observability
Subscription level What's this?	Basic
Level of support What's this?	Community

The Pleasant Password Server integration collects and parses DNS, DHCP, and Audit data collected from Pleasant Password Server via TCP/UDP or logfile.

Data streams

The PPS integration collects the following event types: log.

Compatibility

This module has been tested against Pleasant Password Server Version 7.11.44.0 .
It should however work with all versions.

Requirements

Elastic Agent must be installed. For more details, check the Elastic Agent installation instructions.

Setup

Enable the integration with TCP/UDP input.
Log in to the PPS WebUI.
Configure the PPS to send messages to a Syslog server using the following steps.
1. From the menu go to Logging -> Syslog Configuration.
2. Set the Syslog Configuration to Enabled.
3. Set Hostname to the Hostname of your Fleet Agent or Load Balancer.
4. Set the Correct Port used in the Integration Configuration.
5. Set UDP or TCP.
6. Optionally set the Facility.

Enable the integration in Elastic

In Kibana navigate to Management > Integrations.
In the search top bar, type Pleasant Password Server or PPS.
Select the Pleasant Password Server integration and add it.
Add all the required integration configuration parameters.
Save the integration.

Log samples

Below are the sample logs of the respective category.

Audit Logs

<134>Jan 23 09:49:10 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.2 - [email protected] -  - Success - Syslog Settings Changed - User <[email protected]> Syslogging setting updated  changing the host from <localhost> to <127.0.0.1> changing the port fr	127.0.0.1	23/01 09:49:10.894
<134>Jan 23 11:32:57 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.2 - [email protected] -  - Success - Password Fetched - User <[email protected]> fetched the password for <TOP/SECRET/PASSWORD> - test	127.0.0.1	23/01 11:32:57.857
<134>Jan 23 12:20:07 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:0.0.0.0 - Backup Restore Service -  - Success - Backup Occurred - User <Backup Restore Service> backing up database to <C:\ProgramData\Pleasant Solutions\Password Server\Backups\Backup	127.0.0.1	23/01 12:20:07.802
<134>Jan 23 12:37:37 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.1 - [email protected] -  - Success - Session Log On - User <[email protected]> logged on	127.0.0.1	23/01 12:37:37.346
<134>Jan 23 12:38:07 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.1 - [email protected] -  - Success - Entry Updated - User <[email protected]> updated entry <TOP/SECRET/PASSWORD> changing the password	127.0.0.1	23/01 12:38:07.629
<134>Jan 23 13:43:47 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.3 - [email protected] -  - Success - Identity Verified - User <[email protected]> verified via ApplicationBasicOAuth	127.0.0.1	23/01 13:43:47.422
<134>Jan 23 13:47:25 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.3 - [email protected] -  - Error - Identity Not Verified - User <[email protected]> failed to verify themselves	127.0.0.1	23/01 13:47:25.593
<134>Jan 23 13:47:25 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.3 - [email protected] -  - Error - Sign-in Failed - User <[email protected]> sign-in denied	127.0.0.1	23/01 13:47:25.641
<134>Jan 23 14:05:54 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.3 - [email protected] -  - Success - Entry Created - User <[email protected]> created entry <TOP/SECRET/PASSWORD> as a duplicate	127.0.0.1	23/01 14:05:54.404
<134>Jan 23 14:05:54 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.3 - [email protected] -  - Success - Entry Duplicated - User <[email protected]> duplicated entry <TOP/SECRET/PASSWORD>	127.0.0.1	23/01 14:05:54.450

Logs

This is the log dataset.

{
    "@timestamp": "2025-01-23T09:49:10.000+05:00",
    "agent": {
        "ephemeral_id": "e3830e56-f9b7-4278-b2cc-6c0041b3204b",
        "id": "92657501-44cd-4942-ab49-19404cc15d88",
        "name": "elastic-agent-47754",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "8.13.0"
    },
    "client": {
        "ip": "192.168.1.2"
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "pps.log",
        "namespace": "63231",
        "type": "logs"
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "8.17.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "92657501-44cd-4942-ab49-19404cc15d88",
        "snapshot": false,
        "version": "8.13.0"
    },
    "event": {
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "created": "2025-01-23T09:49:10.000+05:00",
        "dataset": "pps.log",
        "ingested": "2025-05-30T11:05:38Z",
        "kind": "event",
        "original": "<134>Jan 23 09:49:10 SRV-PPS-001 Pleasant Password Server:192.168.1.2 - [email protected] -  - Success - Syslog Settings Changed - User <[email protected]> Syslogging setting updated  changing the host from <localhost> to <127.0.0.1> changing the port fr\t127.0.0.1\t23/01 09:49:10.894\t",
        "outcome": "success",
        "timezone": "+0500"
    },
    "host": {
        "hostname": "SRV-PPS-001"
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "udp"
    },
    "log": {
        "source": {
            "address": "192.168.255.3:58871"
        },
        "syslog": {
            "priority": 134
        }
    },
    "message": "Syslog Settings Changed - User <[email protected]> Syslogging setting updated  changing the host from <localhost> to <127.0.0.1> changing the port fr\t127.0.0.1\t23/01 09:49:10.894\t",
    "tags": [
        "preserve_original_event",
        "forwarded",
        "pps-log"
    ],
    "user": {
        "domain": "name.test",
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "name": "user"
    }
}

Field	Description	Type
@timestamp	Event timestamp.	date
data_stream.dataset	Data stream dataset.	constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace	Data stream namespace.	constant_keyword
data_stream.type	Data stream type.	constant_keyword
input.type	Input type	keyword
log.offset	Log offset	long
log.source.address	Log source address	keyword

Changelog

Version	Details	Kibana version(s)
1.0.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Remove duplicated installation instructions from the documentation.	8.13.0 or higher 9.0.0 or higher
1.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Release integration as GA. Enhancement (View pull request) Add overview dashboard. Enhancement (View pull request) Upgrade ECS version to 8.17.0.	8.13.0 or higher 9.0.0 or higher
0.5.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update Kibana constraint to support 9.0.0.	—
0.4.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Updated SSL description in package manifest.yml to be uniform and to include links to documentation.	—
0.4.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Allow the usage of deprecated log input and support for stack 9.0	—
0.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Do not remove `event.original` in main ingest pipeline.	—
0.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add "preserve_original_event" tag to documents with `event.kind` set to "pipeline_error".	—
0.1.2	Enhancement (View pull request) Update docs.	—
0.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update the kibana constraint to ^8.13.0. Modified the field definitions to remove ECS fields made redundant by the ecs@mappings component template.	—
0.0.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Initial Integration for Pleasant Password Server in Elastic	—