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IDS logs

You can use Logpush with Cloudflare Network Firewall IDS (Intrusion Detection System) to export logs of detected threats. IDS monitors your network traffic for a wide range of known threat signatures, including attacks such as ransomware, data exfiltration, and network scanning.

Set up Logpush for IDS

  1. Consult the Logpush Destination docs to learn about what destinations Logpush supports. The documentation will also instruct you on how to correctly format the destination URL for Logpush.

  2. Follow the Manage Logpush with cURL tutorial to validate your Logpush destination and define a Logpush job.

Notes on using Logpush with IDS

  • Magic IDS is an account-scoped dataset. Unlike zone-specific datasets that apply to a single domain, account-scoped datasets use a different API endpoint. Replace the string /zone/<ZONE_ID> in the Cloudflare API URLs in the tutorial with /account/<ACCOUNT_ID>.

  • Consult the Magic IDS Detection fields doc to know what fields you want configured for the job.

  • When creating the Logpush job, the dataset field should equal magic_ids_detections.

  • Timestamps default to unixnano format (nanoseconds since the Unix epoch, January 1, 1970). If your destination expects a different format (such as RFC 3339), refer to Logpush Options for available timestamp formats. In the Logpush API configuration string, options are appended after the field list.