DontScanBefore

New field that'll stop the memory scanner from scanning before an indicated date. Leaving it empty lets the scanner scan everything.

The regex for it allows YYYY-MM-DD and ensures months only allow the max number of days (no June the 43rd).

salt/_beacons/local_files_beacon.py

@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 # https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 
-# Custom salt beacon that watches the suricata/strelka rule directories for changes
+# Custom salt beacon that watches hand-edited directories under
-# and emits a beacon event per changed directory. This replaces the stock salt
+# /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/ for changes and emits a beacon event per changed
-# `inotify` beacon, which leaks a kernel inotify instance every time the minion
+# directory. This replaces the stock salt `inotify` beacon, which leaks a kernel
-# rebuilds the beacon loader's __context__ (orphaning the old pyinotify.Notifier
+# inotify instance every time the minion rebuilds the beacon loader's __context__
-# without closing it) until fs.inotify.max_user_instances is exhausted and the
+# (orphaning the old pyinotify.Notifier without closing it) until
-# beacon dies with EMFILE. Polling holds zero inotify instances, so the leak is
+# fs.inotify.max_user_instances is exhausted and the beacon dies with EMFILE.
-# impossible, and it keeps firing during state runs (no blackout).
+# Polling holds zero inotify instances, so the leak is impossible, and it keeps
+# firing during state runs (no blackout).
 #
 # Detection is poll-based with a per-directory fingerprint persisted to
 # WATERMARK_DIR: each pass walks the directory and hashes every file's
@@ -19,9 +20,10 @@
 # up on the next one).
 #
 # Each emitted event carries the watched directory path under the configured tag
-# (e.g. salt/beacon/<minion>/rules_beacon/suricata); the push_suricata / push_strelka
+# (e.g. salt/beacon/<minion>/local_files_beacon/zeek); the push_files reactor
-# reactors write a push intent, after which the existing so-push-drainer /
+# looks the tag up in salt/reactor/pillar_push_map.yaml and writes a push intent,
-# orch.push_batch pipeline takes over unchanged.
+# after which the existing so-push-drainer / orch.push_batch pipeline takes over
+# unchanged.
 
 import hashlib
 import logging
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ def _fingerprint(directory):
     h = hashlib.sha1()
     if os.path.isdir(directory):
         entries = []
-        for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
+            # zkg packages are git clones; .git churn would fire a state apply on its own.
+            dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d != '.git']
             for name in files:
                 full = os.path.join(root, name)
                 if _excluded(full):
@@ -94,20 +98,22 @@ def _fingerprint(directory):
     return h.hexdigest()
 
 
-def _watermark_file(tag):
+def _watermark_file(tag, directory):
-    return os.path.join(WATERMARK_DIR, 'rules_beacon_%s.hash' % tag)
+    # Keyed by directory: zeek/policy and zeek/zkg share the tag `zeek`.
+    scope = hashlib.sha1(directory.encode('utf-8', 'surrogateescape')).hexdigest()[:12]
+    return os.path.join(WATERMARK_DIR, 'local_files_beacon_%s_%s.hash' % (tag, scope))
 
 
-def _read_watermark(tag):
+def _read_watermark(tag, directory):
     try:
-        with open(_watermark_file(tag), 'r') as f:
+        with open(_watermark_file(tag, directory), 'r') as f:
             return (f.read() or '').strip() or None
     except IOError:
         return None
 
 
-def _write_watermark(tag, digest):
+def _write_watermark(tag, directory, digest):
-    path = _watermark_file(tag)
+    path = _watermark_file(tag, directory)
     try:
         os.makedirs(WATERMARK_DIR, exist_ok=True)
         tmp = path + '.tmp'
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ def _write_watermark(tag, digest):
             f.write(digest)
         os.rename(tmp, path)
     except OSError:
-        log.exception('rules_beacon: failed to persist watermark to %s', path)
+        log.exception('local_files_beacon: failed to persist watermark to %s', path)
 
 
 def beacon(config):
@@ -123,17 +129,17 @@ def beacon(config):
 
     for directory, tag in _paths_from_config(config).items():
         digest = _fingerprint(directory)
-        previous = _read_watermark(tag)
+        previous = _read_watermark(tag, directory)
 
         # First run / missing watermark: seed the digest and emit nothing so a
         # fresh host does not fire a spurious fleetwide push.
         if previous is None:
-            _write_watermark(tag, digest)
+            _write_watermark(tag, directory, digest)
             continue
 
         if digest != previous:
-            _write_watermark(tag, digest)
+            _write_watermark(tag, directory, digest)
             retval.append({'tag': tag, 'path': directory})
-            log.info('rules_beacon: change detected in %s, emitting %s', directory, tag)
+            log.info('local_files_beacon: change detected in %s, emitting %s', directory, tag)
 
     return retval

salt/_beacons/local_files_beacon_test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+# Copyright Security Onion Solutions LLC and/or licensed to Security Onion Solutions LLC under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 as shown at
+# https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# Elastic License 2.0.
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import local_files_beacon
+
+
+class TestRulesBeacon(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Isolate all on-disk state (watermarks and the dirs we fingerprint) in a
+        # throwaway tree, and point WATERMARK_DIR at it so the real read/write
+        # helpers run against actual files.
+        self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.state = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'state')
+        patcher = patch.object(local_files_beacon, 'WATERMARK_DIR', self.state)
+        patcher.start()
+        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def _make_dir(self, name, files=None):
+        path = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, name)
+        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+        for fname, content in (files or {}).items():
+            with open(os.path.join(path, fname), 'w') as f:
+                f.write(content)
+        return path
+
+    # -- trivial contract -------------------------------------------------
+
+    def test_virtual_returns_true(self):
+        self.assertTrue(local_files_beacon.__virtual__())
+
+    def test_validate_returns_valid(self):
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.validate({}), (True, 'valid'))
+
+    # -- _paths_from_config -----------------------------------------------
+
+    def test_paths_from_config_list_of_dicts(self):
+        config = [{'interval': 10}, {'paths': {'/a': 'suricata', '/b': 'strelka'}}]
+        self.assertEqual(
+            local_files_beacon._paths_from_config(config),
+            {'/a': 'suricata', '/b': 'strelka'},
+        )
+
+    def test_paths_from_config_plain_dict(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            local_files_beacon._paths_from_config({'paths': {'/a': 'suricata'}}),
+            {'/a': 'suricata'},
+        )
+
+    def test_paths_from_config_skips_non_dict_items(self):
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon._paths_from_config(['bogus', 42]), {})
+
+    def test_paths_from_config_paths_not_a_dict(self):
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon._paths_from_config({'paths': 'nope'}), {})
+
+    def test_paths_from_config_unexpected_type(self):
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon._paths_from_config('nonsense'), {})
+
+    # -- _excluded --------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def test_excluded_matches_temp_and_editor_files(self):
+        for pathname in ('/rules/foo.swp', '/rules/foo~', '/rules/4913', '/rules/.#foo'):
+            self.assertTrue(local_files_beacon._excluded(pathname), pathname)
+
+    def test_excluded_allows_real_rule_files(self):
+        self.assertFalse(local_files_beacon._excluded('/rules/suricata.rules'))
+
+    # -- _fingerprint -----------------------------------------------------
+
+    def test_fingerprint_missing_dir_is_empty_tree_digest(self):
+        missing = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'does-not-exist')
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon._fingerprint(missing), hashlib.sha1().hexdigest())
+
+    def test_fingerprint_changes_when_content_changes(self):
+        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
+        before = local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d)
+        with open(os.path.join(d, 'a.rules'), 'w') as f:
+            f.write('alert tcp any any -> any any')  # different size
+        self.assertNotEqual(local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d), before)
+
+    def test_fingerprint_ignores_excluded_files(self):
+        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
+        before = local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d)
+        with open(os.path.join(d, 'a.rules.swp'), 'w') as f:
+            f.write('editor swap')
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d), before)
+
+    def test_fingerprint_skips_unstatable_entries(self):
+        # A dangling symlink appears in os.walk's file list but os.stat raises
+        # OSError, exercising the except-continue path.
+        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
+        good = local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d)
+        os.symlink(os.path.join(d, 'missing-target'), os.path.join(d, 'broken.link'))
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d), good)
+
+    def test_fingerprint_prunes_git_metadata(self):
+        # zkg packages are git clones, so the watched tree carries .git.
+        d = self._make_dir('zkg', {'pkg.zeek': 'print 1;'})
+        before = local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d)
+        git_dir = os.path.join(d, 'pkg', '.git', 'refs', 'heads')
+        os.makedirs(git_dir)
+        with open(os.path.join(git_dir, 'main'), 'w') as f:
+            f.write('0' * 40)
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d), before)
+
+    def test_fingerprint_still_sees_worktree_next_to_git(self):
+        d = self._make_dir('zkg', {'pkg.zeek': 'print 1;'})
+        os.makedirs(os.path.join(d, 'pkg', '.git'))
+        before = local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d)
+        with open(os.path.join(d, 'pkg', 'scripts.zeek'), 'w') as f:
+            f.write('print 2;')
+        self.assertNotEqual(local_files_beacon._fingerprint(d), before)
+
+    # -- _read_watermark / _write_watermark -------------------------------
+
+    def test_watermark_round_trip(self):
+        local_files_beacon._write_watermark('suricata', '/rules/suricata', 'deadbeef')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            local_files_beacon._read_watermark('suricata', '/rules/suricata'), 'deadbeef')
+
+    def test_read_watermark_missing_returns_none(self):
+        self.assertIsNone(local_files_beacon._read_watermark('suricata', '/rules/suricata'))
+
+    def test_read_watermark_empty_file_returns_none(self):
+        os.makedirs(self.state, exist_ok=True)
+        with open(local_files_beacon._watermark_file('suricata', '/rules/suricata'), 'w') as f:
+            f.write('')
+        self.assertIsNone(local_files_beacon._read_watermark('suricata', '/rules/suricata'))
+
+    def test_write_watermark_swallows_oserror(self):
+        with patch.object(local_files_beacon.os, 'makedirs', side_effect=OSError):
+            local_files_beacon._write_watermark('suricata', '/rules/suricata', 'deadbeef')
+        self.assertIsNone(local_files_beacon._read_watermark('suricata', '/rules/suricata'))
+
+    def test_watermark_file_differs_per_directory_within_one_tag(self):
+        # zeek/policy and zeek/zkg share the tag 'zeek'.
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            local_files_beacon._watermark_file('zeek', '/local/zeek/policy'),
+            local_files_beacon._watermark_file('zeek', '/local/zeek/zkg'),
+        )
+
+    def test_watermarks_are_independent_within_one_tag(self):
+        local_files_beacon._write_watermark('zeek', '/local/zeek/policy', 'policyhash')
+        local_files_beacon._write_watermark('zeek', '/local/zeek/zkg', 'zkghash')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            local_files_beacon._read_watermark('zeek', '/local/zeek/policy'), 'policyhash')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            local_files_beacon._read_watermark('zeek', '/local/zeek/zkg'), 'zkghash')
+
+    # -- beacon -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _config(self, mapping):
+        return [{'paths': mapping}]
+
+    def test_beacon_seeds_first_run_and_emits_nothing(self):
+        with patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_fingerprint', return_value='hash1'), \
+             patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_read_watermark', return_value=None), \
+             patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_write_watermark') as mock_write:
+            result = local_files_beacon.beacon(self._config({'/rules/suricata': 'suricata'}))
+        self.assertEqual(result, [])
+        mock_write.assert_called_once_with('suricata', '/rules/suricata', 'hash1')
+
+    def test_beacon_emits_on_change(self):
+        with patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_fingerprint', return_value='newhash'), \
+             patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_read_watermark', return_value='oldhash'), \
+             patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_write_watermark') as mock_write:
+            result = local_files_beacon.beacon(self._config({'/rules/suricata': 'suricata'}))
+        self.assertEqual(result, [{'tag': 'suricata', 'path': '/rules/suricata'}])
+        mock_write.assert_called_once_with('suricata', '/rules/suricata', 'newhash')
+
+    def test_beacon_no_change_emits_nothing(self):
+        with patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_fingerprint', return_value='samehash'), \
+             patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_read_watermark', return_value='samehash'), \
+             patch.object(local_files_beacon, '_write_watermark') as mock_write:
+            result = local_files_beacon.beacon(self._config({'/rules/suricata': 'suricata'}))
+        self.assertEqual(result, [])
+        mock_write.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_beacon_end_to_end_with_real_files(self):
+        # Exercise the full stack (real fingerprint + real watermark files) across
+        # two poll passes: first seeds silently, second fires after a write.
+        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
+        config = self._config({d: 'suricata'})
+
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # seed pass
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # unchanged pass
+
+        with open(os.path.join(d, 'b.rules'), 'w') as f:
+            f.write('alert tcp any any -> any any')
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [{'tag': 'suricata', 'path': d}])
+
+    def test_beacon_two_dirs_one_tag_do_not_flap(self):
+        # Tag-keyed watermarks would clobber each other and emit on every pass.
+        policy = self._make_dir('zeek/policy', {'intel.dat': '#fields\tindicator'})
+        zkg = self._make_dir('zeek/zkg', {'README': 'place packages here'})
+        config = self._config({policy: 'zeek', zkg: 'zeek'})
+
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # seed pass
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # idle
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # still idle
+
+        with open(os.path.join(policy, 'intel.dat'), 'a') as f:
+            f.write('\nevil.com\tIntel::DOMAIN\tsource\n')
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [{'tag': 'zeek', 'path': policy}])
+        self.assertEqual(local_files_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # quiet again
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()

salt/_beacons/rules_beacon_test.py

@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright Security Onion Solutions LLC and/or licensed to Security Onion Solutions LLC under one
-# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 as shown at
-# https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
-# Elastic License 2.0.
-
-import hashlib
-import os
-import shutil
-import tempfile
-import unittest
-from unittest.mock import patch
-
-import rules_beacon
-
-
-class TestRulesBeacon(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Isolate all on-disk state (watermarks and the dirs we fingerprint) in a
-        # throwaway tree, and point WATERMARK_DIR at it so the real read/write
-        # helpers run against actual files.
-        self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-        self.state = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'state')
-        patcher = patch.object(rules_beacon, 'WATERMARK_DIR', self.state)
-        patcher.start()
-        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir, ignore_errors=True)
-
-    def _make_dir(self, name, files=None):
-        path = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, name)
-        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
-        for fname, content in (files or {}).items():
-            with open(os.path.join(path, fname), 'w') as f:
-                f.write(content)
-        return path
-
-    # -- trivial contract -------------------------------------------------
-
-    def test_virtual_returns_true(self):
-        self.assertTrue(rules_beacon.__virtual__())
-
-    def test_validate_returns_valid(self):
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon.validate({}), (True, 'valid'))
-
-    # -- _paths_from_config -----------------------------------------------
-
-    def test_paths_from_config_list_of_dicts(self):
-        config = [{'interval': 10}, {'paths': {'/a': 'suricata', '/b': 'strelka'}}]
-        self.assertEqual(
-            rules_beacon._paths_from_config(config),
-            {'/a': 'suricata', '/b': 'strelka'},
-        )
-
-    def test_paths_from_config_plain_dict(self):
-        self.assertEqual(
-            rules_beacon._paths_from_config({'paths': {'/a': 'suricata'}}),
-            {'/a': 'suricata'},
-        )
-
-    def test_paths_from_config_skips_non_dict_items(self):
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon._paths_from_config(['bogus', 42]), {})
-
-    def test_paths_from_config_paths_not_a_dict(self):
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon._paths_from_config({'paths': 'nope'}), {})
-
-    def test_paths_from_config_unexpected_type(self):
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon._paths_from_config('nonsense'), {})
-
-    # -- _excluded --------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def test_excluded_matches_temp_and_editor_files(self):
-        for pathname in ('/rules/foo.swp', '/rules/foo~', '/rules/4913', '/rules/.#foo'):
-            self.assertTrue(rules_beacon._excluded(pathname), pathname)
-
-    def test_excluded_allows_real_rule_files(self):
-        self.assertFalse(rules_beacon._excluded('/rules/suricata.rules'))
-
-    # -- _fingerprint -----------------------------------------------------
-
-    def test_fingerprint_missing_dir_is_empty_tree_digest(self):
-        missing = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'does-not-exist')
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon._fingerprint(missing), hashlib.sha1().hexdigest())
-
-    def test_fingerprint_changes_when_content_changes(self):
-        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
-        before = rules_beacon._fingerprint(d)
-        with open(os.path.join(d, 'a.rules'), 'w') as f:
-            f.write('alert tcp any any -> any any')  # different size
-        self.assertNotEqual(rules_beacon._fingerprint(d), before)
-
-    def test_fingerprint_ignores_excluded_files(self):
-        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
-        before = rules_beacon._fingerprint(d)
-        with open(os.path.join(d, 'a.rules.swp'), 'w') as f:
-            f.write('editor swap')
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon._fingerprint(d), before)
-
-    def test_fingerprint_skips_unstatable_entries(self):
-        # A dangling symlink appears in os.walk's file list but os.stat raises
-        # OSError, exercising the except-continue path.
-        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
-        good = rules_beacon._fingerprint(d)
-        os.symlink(os.path.join(d, 'missing-target'), os.path.join(d, 'broken.link'))
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon._fingerprint(d), good)
-
-    # -- _read_watermark / _write_watermark -------------------------------
-
-    def test_watermark_round_trip(self):
-        rules_beacon._write_watermark('suricata', 'deadbeef')
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon._read_watermark('suricata'), 'deadbeef')
-
-    def test_read_watermark_missing_returns_none(self):
-        self.assertIsNone(rules_beacon._read_watermark('suricata'))
-
-    def test_read_watermark_empty_file_returns_none(self):
-        os.makedirs(self.state, exist_ok=True)
-        with open(rules_beacon._watermark_file('suricata'), 'w') as f:
-            f.write('')
-        self.assertIsNone(rules_beacon._read_watermark('suricata'))
-
-    def test_write_watermark_swallows_oserror(self):
-        with patch.object(rules_beacon.os, 'makedirs', side_effect=OSError):
-            rules_beacon._write_watermark('suricata', 'deadbeef')
-        self.assertIsNone(rules_beacon._read_watermark('suricata'))
-
-    # -- beacon -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _config(self, mapping):
-        return [{'paths': mapping}]
-
-    def test_beacon_seeds_first_run_and_emits_nothing(self):
-        with patch.object(rules_beacon, '_fingerprint', return_value='hash1'), \
-             patch.object(rules_beacon, '_read_watermark', return_value=None), \
-             patch.object(rules_beacon, '_write_watermark') as mock_write:
-            result = rules_beacon.beacon(self._config({'/rules/suricata': 'suricata'}))
-        self.assertEqual(result, [])
-        mock_write.assert_called_once_with('suricata', 'hash1')
-
-    def test_beacon_emits_on_change(self):
-        with patch.object(rules_beacon, '_fingerprint', return_value='newhash'), \
-             patch.object(rules_beacon, '_read_watermark', return_value='oldhash'), \
-             patch.object(rules_beacon, '_write_watermark') as mock_write:
-            result = rules_beacon.beacon(self._config({'/rules/suricata': 'suricata'}))
-        self.assertEqual(result, [{'tag': 'suricata', 'path': '/rules/suricata'}])
-        mock_write.assert_called_once_with('suricata', 'newhash')
-
-    def test_beacon_no_change_emits_nothing(self):
-        with patch.object(rules_beacon, '_fingerprint', return_value='samehash'), \
-             patch.object(rules_beacon, '_read_watermark', return_value='samehash'), \
-             patch.object(rules_beacon, '_write_watermark') as mock_write:
-            result = rules_beacon.beacon(self._config({'/rules/suricata': 'suricata'}))
-        self.assertEqual(result, [])
-        mock_write.assert_not_called()
-
-    def test_beacon_end_to_end_with_real_files(self):
-        # Exercise the full stack (real fingerprint + real watermark files) across
-        # two poll passes: first seeds silently, second fires after a write.
-        d = self._make_dir('rules', {'a.rules': 'alert'})
-        config = self._config({d: 'suricata'})
-
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # seed pass
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon.beacon(config), [])  # unchanged pass
-
-        with open(os.path.join(d, 'b.rules'), 'w') as f:
-            f.write('alert tcp any any -> any any')
-        self.assertEqual(rules_beacon.beacon(config), [{'tag': 'suricata', 'path': d}])
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()

salt/common/init.sls

@@ -141,6 +141,20 @@ pin_nic_names:
       - file: common_sbin
       - file: statedir
 
+# Once a node is actually running UEK8, the stock EL9 (RHCK) kernel packages are dead weight.
+# They can't be removed any earlier -- dnf protects the running kernel -- so the cleanup waits
+# for the reboot, which makes the highstate the natural place to catch it: fresh installs
+# reboot at the end of setup, and upgraded nodes reboot whenever the admin schedules it.
+# so-kernel-upgrade --cleanup checks rpm before touching dnf, so this costs an rpm query on
+# every highstate after the first pass. The package list lives in the script only, so there
+# is nothing here to drift out of sync with it.
+remove_stock_kernel:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-kernel-upgrade --cleanup
+    - onlyif: 'uname -r | grep -qE "^6\.[0-9]+.*uek"'
+    - require:
+      - file: common_sbin
+
 common_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin

salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kernel-upgrade

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 # https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 #
-# so-kernel-upgrade — install the UEK8 (6.x) kernel and make it the boot default.
+# so-kernel-upgrade — install the UEK8 (6.x) kernel, make it the boot default, and once the
+# node is running it, remove the stock EL9 kernel.
 #
 # Security Onion is moving off the EL9 stock kernel (RHCK, 5.14) and UEK7 (5.15) onto UEK8
-# (6.x). Three things have to happen, and the tool has to drive each one:
+# (6.x). Four things have to happen, and the tool has to drive each one:
 #
 #   1. Populate. The manager mirrors the UEK8 packages into /nsm/kernelrepo via so-repo-sync,
 #      and serves them to the grid over https://<manager>/kernelrepo. Until that sync runs the
@@ -26,10 +27,21 @@
 #        - From the stock EL9 kernel (RHCK, 5.14, no UEK) it is a flavor CROSS that is NOT
 #          auto-promoted, so the box keeps booting RHCK until grubby is told otherwise.
 #      This tool inspects the running kernel and only runs 'grubby --set-default' for RHCK.
+#   4. Clean up. Once the node is actually RUNNING UEK8 the stock kernel packages are dead
+#      weight -- disk in /boot and a stale GRUB entry. They cannot come off any earlier:
+#      dnf's protect_running_kernel refuses to erase the booted kernel-core, so the removal
+#      has to wait for the reboot. Waiting is also the safer sequencing on its own terms --
+#      the node has proven it comes up on UEK8 before its fallback is deleted. That is why
+#      the removal does not happen in the uek7 branch either, where dnf would allow it.
 #
 # Every one of those failure modes is silent by default. This tool handles each case and fails
 # loudly when it cannot, rather than reporting success while changing nothing.
 #
+# Invocation: with no arguments it drives the whole sequence for whatever kernel the node is
+# on. With --cleanup it does the step 4 removal ONLY, and no-ops on a node that isn't running
+# UEK8 yet -- that is the form the common highstate calls (remove_stock_kernel in
+# salt/common/init.sls) so the cleanup lands grid-wide after each node reboots.
+#
 # Manager vs minion: only the manager owns /nsm/kernelrepo, so only the manager can populate
 # it. If the repo is empty here, a manager runs so-repo-sync itself; a minion has no way to
 # fix it and exits non-zero telling the admin to sync the manager first.
@@ -49,6 +61,11 @@ KERNEL_REPO_DIR="/nsm/kernelrepo"
 REPOSYNC_CONF="/opt/so/conf/reposync/repodownload.conf"
 GLOBAL_PILLAR="/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/global/soc_global.sls"
 
+# Stock EL9 (RHCK) kernel packages, removed only once the node is running UEK8 (see step 4
+# in the header). Left deliberately narrow: UEK7 kernel-uek builds age out on their own via
+# installonly_limit=3, and kernel-devel/kernel-headers are not touched.
+RHCK_PKGS="kernel kernel-core kernel-modules kernel-modules-core kernel-tools kernel-tools-libs"
+
 log() { echo "[so-kernel-upgrade] $*"; }
 die() { echo "[so-kernel-upgrade] ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
 
@@ -149,8 +166,13 @@ ensure_kernel_repo() {
 }
 
 reboot_notice() {
-    [ "$(uname -r)" = "$(basename "$1" | sed 's/^vmlinuz-//')" ] \
+    [ "$(uname -r)" = "$(basename "$1" | sed 's/^vmlinuz-//')" ] && return 0
-        || log "REBOOT REQUIRED to start using the UEK8 kernel (currently running $(uname -r))."
+    log "REBOOT REQUIRED to start using the UEK8 kernel (currently running $(uname -r))."
+    # The stock kernel can't be removed until it stops being the running one, so say when
+    # that will happen rather than leaving the admin to wonder if it was missed.
+    [ -n "$(rhck_installed)" ] \
+        && log "The stock EL9 kernel is left in place until then; it is removed by the next highstate after the reboot."
+    return 0
 }
 
 # Keep future kernel updates on the UEK line rather than falling back to RHCK. Oracle ships
@@ -162,6 +184,32 @@ set_default_kernel_conf() {
     fi
 }
 
+# Which of RHCK_PKGS are actually installed, one per line. rpm -qa treats each argument as a
+# name glob and prints only what it finds, so a package that was never installed (or is
+# already gone) simply doesn't appear -- no "not installed" noise and no non-zero exit.
+rhck_installed() {
+    rpm -qa $RHCK_PKGS 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+# Remove the stock EL9 kernel. Only ever called once the running kernel is UEK8. The rpm
+# check above is the idempotency guard, so this is a cheap no-op on every highstate after
+# the first one -- it costs an rpm query, not a dnf transaction.
+remove_rhck() {
+    local installed; installed="$(rhck_installed)"
+    if [ -z "$installed" ]; then
+        log "no stock EL9 (RHCK) kernel packages installed; nothing to remove."
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    log "running UEK8; removing the stock EL9 (RHCK) kernel packages:"
+    echo "$installed" | sed 's/^/[so-kernel-upgrade]   /'
+    dnf -y remove $RHCK_PKGS || die "failed to remove the stock EL9 kernel packages"
+
+    installed="$(rhck_installed)"
+    [ -z "$installed" ] || die "dnf reported success but these remain: $(echo $installed)"
+    log "stock EL9 kernel packages removed."
+}
+
 # Make sure a UEK8 kernel is installed, leaving its boot entry in INSTALLED_UEK8. If one is
 # already present we leave the repo alone -- it may be disabled or empty and we don't need it
 # just to flip the boot default. Otherwise install the explicit NEVRA, not the bare package
@@ -184,12 +232,38 @@ ensure_uek8_installed() {
     log "installed UEK8 kernel: $INSTALLED_UEK8"
 }
 
+# --cleanup does step 4 and nothing else. It exits 0 rather than failing on a node that
+# isn't on UEK8 yet: the highstate gates on 'uname -r' before calling this, and a state that
+# fails whenever that gate races would be worse than one that says what it's waiting for.
+case "$1" in
+"")
+    ;;
+--cleanup)
+    if [ "$(running_flavor)" != uek8 ]; then
+        log "not running a UEK8 kernel yet (currently $(uname -r)); leaving the stock EL9 kernel in place."
+        log "Run so-kernel-upgrade with no arguments to install UEK8, then reboot."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    set_default_kernel_conf
+    remove_rhck
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Usage: so-kernel-upgrade [--cleanup]" >&2
+    echo "  (no arguments)  install UEK8, make it the boot default, clean up once it's running" >&2
+    echo "  --cleanup       remove the stock EL9 kernel; no-op unless already running UEK8" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
 case "$(running_flavor)" in
 uek8)
     # Already on the 6.x UEK line. A plain 'dnf update' keeps this node current within the
-    # lineage and auto-promotes newer builds, so there is nothing for this tool to do.
+    # lineage and auto-promotes newer builds, so there is no install or grubby work left --
-    log "already running a UEK8 kernel ($(uname -r)); nothing to do."
+    # only the step 4 cleanup, which this is the first point in the sequence that can run it.
-    exit 0
+    log "already running a UEK8 kernel ($(uname -r)); no kernel install needed."
+    set_default_kernel_conf
+    remove_rhck
     ;;
 
 uek7)

salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ if [[ $EXCLUDE_STARTUP_ERRORS == 'Y' ]]; then
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|Redis may have been restarted" # Redis likely restarted by salt
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|file already closed"          # Go logging race condition during container restart
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|relation \"audit_settings\" does not exist" # salt checking for changes before SOC starts
+    EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|Error in plugin: elasticsearch: Unable to retrieve master node information" # expected error while ES is upgrading/electing a master 
 fi
 
 if [[ $EXCLUDE_FALSE_POSITIVE_ERRORS == 'Y' ]]; then
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ if [[ $EXCLUDE_KNOWN_ERRORS == 'Y' ]]; then
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|tcp 127.0.0.1:6791: bind: address already in use" # so-elastic-fleet agent restarting. Seen starting w/ 8.18.8 https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/201459
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|TransformTask\] \[logs-.*user so_kibana lacks the required permissions" # Known issue with integrations starting transform jobs that are explicitly not allowed to start as a system user
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|manifest unknown"             # appears in so-dockerregistry log for so-tcpreplay following docker upgrade to 29.2.1-1
+    EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|Could not index event to Elasticsearch.*\"version\" => \"9.0.8\"" # Expected during Elastic upgrade temporarily, as policies referencing older pipelines are updated
 fi
 
 RESULT=0
@@ -304,4 +306,4 @@ else
     echo -e "\nResult: One or more errors found"
 fi
 
-exit $RESULT
+exit $RESULT

salt/elasticfleet/files/integrations/elastic-defend/elastic-defend-endpoints.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "package": {
     "name": "endpoint",
     "title": "Elastic Defend",
-    "version": "9.3.1",
+    "version": "9.4.1",
     "requires_root": true
   },
   "enabled": true,

salt/elasticfleet/files/integrations/grid-nodes_general/import-evtx-logs.json

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
               "\\.gz$"
             ],
             "include_files": [],
-            "processors": "- dissect:\n    tokenizer: \"/nsm/import/%{import.id}/evtx/%{import.file}\"\n    field: \"log.file.path\"\n    target_prefix: \"\"\n- decode_json_fields:\n    fields: [\"message\"]\n    target: \"\"\n- drop_fields:\n    fields: [\"host\"]\n    ignore_missing: true\n- add_fields:\n    target: data_stream\n    fields:\n      type: logs\n      dataset: system.security\n- add_fields:\n    target: event\n    fields:\n      dataset: system.security\n      module: system\n      imported: true\n- add_fields:\n    target: \"@metadata\"\n    fields:\n        pipeline: logs-system.security-2.20.0\n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.sysmon_operational\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.sysmon_operational\n          module: windows\n          imported: true\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-windows.sysmon_operational-3.8.3\n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'Application'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.application\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.application\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-system.application-2.20.0\n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'System'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.system\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.system\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-system.system-2.20.0\n    \n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.powershell_operational\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.powershell_operational\n          module: windows\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-windows.powershell_operational-3.8.3\n- add_fields:\n    target: data_stream\n    fields:\n        dataset: import",
+            "processors": "- dissect:\n    tokenizer: \"/nsm/import/%{import.id}/evtx/%{import.file}\"\n    field: \"log.file.path\"\n    target_prefix: \"\"\n- decode_json_fields:\n    fields: [\"message\"]\n    target: \"\"\n- drop_fields:\n    fields: [\"host\"]\n    ignore_missing: true\n- add_fields:\n    target: data_stream\n    fields:\n      type: logs\n      dataset: system.security\n- add_fields:\n    target: event\n    fields:\n      dataset: system.security\n      module: system\n      imported: true\n- add_fields:\n    target: \"@metadata\"\n    fields:\n        pipeline: logs-system.security-2.22.3\n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.sysmon_operational\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.sysmon_operational\n          module: windows\n          imported: true\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-windows.sysmon_operational-3.9.0\n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'Application'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.application\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.application\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-system.application-2.22.3\n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'System'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.system\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: system.system\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-system.system-2.22.3\n    \n- if:\n    equals:\n      winlog.channel: 'Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational'\n  then: \n    - add_fields:\n        target: data_stream\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.powershell_operational\n    - add_fields:\n        target: event\n        fields:\n          dataset: windows.powershell_operational\n          module: windows\n    - add_fields:\n        target: \"@metadata\"\n        fields:\n            pipeline: logs-windows.powershell_operational-3.9.0\n- add_fields:\n    target: data_stream\n    fields:\n        dataset: import",
             "tags": [
               "import"
             ],

salt/elasticfleet/integration-defaults.map.jinja

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     'awsfirehose.metrics': 'aws.cloudwatch',
     'cribl.logs': 'cribl',
     'cribl.metrics': 'cribl',
-    'sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.logins': 'sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.login',
     'azure_application_insights.app_insights': 'azure.app_insights',
     'azure_application_insights.app_state': 'azure.app_state',
     'azure_billing.billing': 'azure.billing',

salt/elasticfleet/manager.sls

@@ -68,6 +68,24 @@ so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade:
     - require:
       - http: wait_for_so-kibana
 
+# initial so-elasticsearch-templates run is earlier, but it can skip over templates that have component templates not yet installed to avoid elasticsearch rejecting the template.
+so-elasticsearch-templates-after-fleet-packages:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
+    - cwd: /opt/so
+    - unless: test -f /opt/so/state/estemplates.txt
+    - require:
+      - cmd: so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade
+
+so-elastic-fleet-integration-upgrade:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-integration-upgrade
+    - retry:
+        attempts: 3
+        interval: 10
+    - require:
+      - cmd: so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade
+
 so-elastic-fleet-integrations:
   cmd.run:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-integration-policy-load
@@ -86,21 +104,13 @@ so-elastic-agent-grid-upgrade:
     - require:
       - http: wait_for_so-kibana
 
-so-elastic-fleet-integration-upgrade:
-  cmd.run:
-    - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-integration-upgrade
-    - retry:
-        attempts: 3
-        interval: 10
-    - require:
-      - http: wait_for_so-kibana
-
 {# Optional integrations script doesn't need the retries like so-elastic-fleet-integration-upgrade which loads the default integrations #}
 so-elastic-fleet-addon-integrations:
   cmd.run:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load
     - require:
       - http: wait_for_so-kibana
+      - cmd: so-elasticsearch-templates-after-fleet-packages
 
 {% if ELASTICFLEETMERGED.config.defend_filters.enable_auto_configuration %}
 so-elastic-defend-manage-filters-file-watch:

salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade

@@ -10,6 +10,25 @@
 
 PKG_LOAD_FAILURES=0
 PKG_LOAD_FAILURES_NAMES=()
+PKG_UPGRADED=0
+
+cleanup_elasticsearch_fleet_transforms() {
+    local transforms transform_id attempt
+    
+    if ! transforms=$(so-elasticsearch-query "_transform/logs-elasticsearch.index_pivot-default-*" --retry 1 --retry-delay 5); then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    while IFS= read -r transform_id; do
+        [ -n "$transform_id" ] || continue
+        for attempt in {1..3}; do
+            if so-elasticsearch-query "_transform/$transform_id?force=true" -XDELETE --fail --retry 1 --retry-delay 5; then
+                break
+            fi
+            sleep 5
+        done
+    done < <(jq -r '.transforms[]?.id' <<< "$transforms")
+}
 
 {%- for PACKAGE in SUPPORTED_PACKAGES %}
 if INSTALLED_VERSION=$(elastic_fleet_package_version_check "{{ PACKAGE }}") && LATEST_VERSION=$(elastic_fleet_package_latest_version_check "{{ PACKAGE }}"); then
@@ -17,10 +36,25 @@ if INSTALLED_VERSION=$(elastic_fleet_package_version_check "{{ PACKAGE }}") && L
     if [ "$INSTALLED_VERSION" == "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
         echo "{{ PACKAGE }} integration version $INSTALLED_VERSION is already at the reported latest version $LATEST_VERSION, skipping upgrade."
     else
+{%- if PACKAGE == 'elasticsearch' %}
+        cleanup_elasticsearch_fleet_transforms
+{%- endif %}
         echo "Upgrading {{ PACKAGE }} package from $INSTALLED_VERSION to version $LATEST_VERSION..."
         if ! elastic_fleet_package_install "{{ PACKAGE }}" "$LATEST_VERSION"; then
             PKG_LOAD_FAILURES=$((PKG_LOAD_FAILURES + 1))
             PKG_LOAD_FAILURES_NAMES+=("{{ PACKAGE }}")
+        # check that package has upgraded to the expected version after install command
+        elif ! LATEST_VERSION=$(elastic_fleet_package_latest_version_check "{{ PACKAGE }}"); then
+            echo "ERROR: Failed to get latest version information for integration {{ PACKAGE }} after upgrade attempt"
+            PKG_LOAD_FAILURES=$((PKG_LOAD_FAILURES + 1))
+            PKG_LOAD_FAILURES_NAMES+=("{{ PACKAGE }}")
+        elif INSTALLED_VERSION=$(elastic_fleet_package_version_check "{{ PACKAGE }}") && [ "$INSTALLED_VERSION" == "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "{{ PACKAGE }} integration upgraded to version $LATEST_VERSION."
+            PKG_UPGRADED=$((PKG_UPGRADED + 1))
+        else
+            echo "ERROR: {{ PACKAGE }} integration still at ${INSTALLED_VERSION:-unknown}; expected $LATEST_VERSION"
+            PKG_LOAD_FAILURES=$((PKG_LOAD_FAILURES + 1))
+            PKG_LOAD_FAILURES_NAMES+=("{{ PACKAGE }}")
         fi
     fi
 else
@@ -30,6 +64,11 @@ else
 fi
 {%- endfor %}
 
+if [ $PKG_UPGRADED -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "Elasticsearch template statefiles cleared after $PKG_UPGRADED package upgrade(s), so templates can reload."
+    rm -f /opt/so/state/estemplates.txt /opt/so/state/addon_estemplates.txt
+fi
+
 if [ $PKG_LOAD_FAILURES -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "ERROR: Failed to upgrade $PKG_LOAD_FAILURES package(s):"
     for PKG in "${PKG_LOAD_FAILURES_NAMES[@]}"; do

salt/elasticsearch/cluster.sls

@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ so-es-cluster-settings:
       - docker_container: so-elasticsearch
       - file: elasticsearch_sbin_jinja
       - http: wait_for_so-elasticsearch
+
+so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch
+    - require:
+      - http: wait_for_so-elasticsearch
+      - file: so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch-script
 {%  endif %}
 
 # heavynodes will only load ILM policies for SO managed indices. (Indicies defined in elasticsearch/defaults.yaml)

salt/elasticsearch/config.sls

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ elasticsearch_sbin:
     - file_mode: 755
     - exclude_pat:
       - so-elasticsearch-pipelines # exclude this because we need to watch it for changes, we sync it in another state
+      - so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch
+    - show_changes: False
+
+so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch-script:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch
+    - source: salt://elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch
+    - user: 930
+    - group: 939
+    - mode: 755
     - show_changes: False
 
 elasticsearch_sbin_jinja:

salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 elasticsearch:
   enabled: false
   esheap: '600m'
-  version: 9.3.7
+  version: 9.4.5
   index_clean: true
   data_retention_method: DLM
   vm:

salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright Security Onion Solutions LLC and/or licensed to Security Onion Solutions LLC under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 as shown at
+# https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# Elastic License 2.0.
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+SETTINGS='{"index":{"auto_expand_replicas":"0-1"}}'
+KIBANA_PASSWORD=
+INDEX_PATTERNS=(
+  '.entity_analytics.risk_score.lookup-*'
+  '.entity_analytics.watchlists.*'
+  '.entity_analytics.monitoring.users-*'
+  '.entity_analytics.entity-leads-*'
+  '.asset-criticality.asset-criticality-*'
+  '.workflows-executions'
+  '.workflows-step-executions'
+  '.entities.v2.latest.security_*'
+  '.entities.v2.history.security_*'
+  'risk-score.risk-score-latest-*'
+)
+DATA_STREAM_PATTERNS=(
+  '.entities.v2.updates.security_*'
+  'risk-score.risk-score-*'
+  '.rule-events'
+  '.alert-actions'
+)
+TEMPLATE_PATTERNS=(
+  'entities_v2_latest_security_default_index_template'
+  'entities_v2_history_security_default_index_template'
+  '.entities_v2_updates_security_default_index_template'
+  '.risk-score.risk-score-default-index-template'
+  '.rule-events'
+  '.alert-actions'
+)
+
+query_es() {
+  if so-elasticsearch-query "$@" --fail --retry 3 --retry-delay 5; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # retry failed attempts with so_kibana user (system managed indices reject so_elastic user)
+  local query_path="$1"
+  shift
+
+  if [[ -z "$KIBANA_PASSWORD" ]]; then
+    KIBANA_PASSWORD=$(salt-call pillar.get elasticsearch:auth:users:so_kibana_user:pass --out=newline_values_only)
+  fi
+  [[ -n "$KIBANA_PASSWORD" ]] || return 1
+
+  echo "Retrying ${query_path} as so_kibana." >&2
+  curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config --user "so_kibana:${KIBANA_PASSWORD}" \
+    -s -k -L --fail --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "https://localhost:9200/${query_path}" "$@"
+}
+
+# add auto_expand_replicas=0-1 to given index
+set_auto_expand_replicas() {
+  local index="$1"
+
+  echo "Setting auto_expand_replicas to 0-1 on ${index}."
+  query_es "${index}/_settings" -XPUT -d "$SETTINGS" >/dev/null
+}
+
+# resolve index patterns and find each index with an unassigned replica
+unassigned_replicas() {
+  local pattern="$1"
+  local resolved_indices response index
+
+  if ! resolved_indices=$(query_es "_resolve/index/${pattern}?expand_wildcards=all" 2>/dev/null); then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  while read -r index; do
+    if ! response=$(query_es "_cat/shards/${index}?format=json&h=index,prirep,state" 2>/dev/null); then
+      continue
+    fi
+    jq -r '.[]? | objects | select(.prirep == "r" and .state == "UNASSIGNED") | .index' <<<"$response"
+  done < <(jq -r '.indices[]?.name' <<<"$resolved_indices")
+}
+
+data_stream_indices() {
+  local pattern="$1"
+  local response
+
+  if ! response=$(query_es "_data_stream/${pattern}?expand_wildcards=all" 2>/dev/null); then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  jq -r '.data_streams[]?.indices[]?.index_name' <<<"$response"
+}
+
+update_system_indices() {
+  local pattern="$1"
+  local index
+
+  while read -r index; do
+    [[ -n "$index" ]] && set_auto_expand_replicas "$index"
+  done < <(unassigned_replicas "$pattern")
+}
+
+# update data stream backing indices with unassigned replicas
+update_system_ds() {
+  local pattern="$1"
+  local index
+
+  while read -r index; do
+    while read -r unassigned_index; do
+      [[ -n "$unassigned_index" ]] && set_auto_expand_replicas "$unassigned_index"
+    done < <(unassigned_replicas "$index")
+  done < <(data_stream_indices "$pattern")
+}
+
+has_unassigned_replicas() {
+  local pattern="$1"
+  local index
+
+  index=$(unassigned_replicas "$pattern" | sed -n '1p')
+  [[ -n "$index" ]]
+}
+
+data_stream_has_unassigned_replicas() {
+  local pattern="$1"
+  local index
+  while read -r index; do
+    has_unassigned_replicas "$index" && return 0
+  done < <(data_stream_indices "$pattern")
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+needs_patch() {
+  local pattern
+  for pattern in "${INDEX_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+    has_unassigned_replicas "$pattern" && return 0
+  done
+  for pattern in "${DATA_STREAM_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+    data_stream_has_unassigned_replicas "$pattern" && return 0
+  done
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+# get index templates, update with auto_expand_replicas=0-1, and PUT back. Keeping mappings/settings/aliases in-place
+update_system_templates() {
+  local pattern="$1"
+  local templates name response template auto_expand_replicas
+
+  if ! templates=$(query_es "_index_template/${pattern}" 2>/dev/null); then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  while read -r name; do
+    response=$(query_es "_index_template/${name}")
+    template=$(jq -c '.index_templates[0].index_template' <<<"$response")
+    auto_expand_replicas=$(jq -r '.template.settings["index.auto_expand_replicas"] // .template.settings.index.auto_expand_replicas // empty' <<<"$template")
+    [[ "$auto_expand_replicas" == "0-1" ]] && continue
+
+    template=$(jq '
+            if (.template.settings.index | type) == "object" then
+                .template.settings.index.auto_expand_replicas = "0-1"
+            else
+                .template.settings["index.auto_expand_replicas"] = "0-1"
+            end
+            | del(.created_date_millis, .modified_date_millis)
+        ' <<<"$template")
+    echo "Setting auto_expand_replicas to 0-1 on index template ${name}."
+    query_es "_index_template/${name}" -XPUT -d "$template" >/dev/null
+  done < <(jq -r '.index_templates[]?.name' <<<"$templates")
+}
+
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "--check" ]]; then
+  needs_patch
+  exit $?
+fi
+
+if [[ $# -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 [--check]" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+patched=false
+for pattern in "${INDEX_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+  if has_unassigned_replicas "$pattern"; then
+    update_system_indices "$pattern"
+    patched=true
+  fi
+done
+
+for pattern in "${DATA_STREAM_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+  if data_stream_has_unassigned_replicas "$pattern"; then
+    update_system_ds "$pattern"
+    patched=true
+  fi
+done
+
+if [[ "$patched" == true ]]; then
+  for pattern in "${TEMPLATE_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+    update_system_templates "$pattern"
+  done
+fi

salt/kibana/defaults.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ kibana:
           - default
           - file
     migrations:
-      discardCorruptObjects: "9.3.7"
+      discardCorruptObjects: "9.4.5"
     telemetry:
       enabled: False
     xpack:

salt/kibana/tools/sbin_jinja/so-kibana-space-defaults

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ SESSIONCOOKIE=$(curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -c - -X GET http:
 # Disable certain Features from showing up in the Kibana UI
 echo
 echo "Setting up default Kibana Space:"
-curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/spaces/space/default" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' {"id":"default","name":"Default","disabledFeatures":["ml","enterpriseSearch","logs","infrastructure","apm","uptime","monitoring","stackAlerts","actions","securitySolutionCasesV3","inventory","dataQuality","searchSynonyms","searchQueryRules","enterpriseSearchApplications","enterpriseSearchAnalytics","securitySolutionTimeline","securitySolutionNotes","securitySolutionRulesV1","entityManager","streams","cloudConnect","slo"]} ' >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log
+curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/spaces/space/default" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' {"id":"default","name":"Default","disabledFeatures":["ml","enterpriseSearch","logs","infrastructure","apm","uptime","securitySolutionCasesV3","inventory","searchSynonyms","searchQueryRules","enterpriseSearchApplications","enterpriseSearchAnalytics","securitySolutionTimeline","securitySolutionNotes","securitySolutionRulesV4","securitySolutionAlertsV1","entityManager","slo","streams","anonymization","searchInferenceEndpoints","cloudConnect","queryActivity","automatic_import","stackAlerts","monitoring","dataQuality","actions"]} ' >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log
 echo

salt/logrotate/defaults.yaml

@@ -220,6 +220,26 @@ logrotate:
       - extension .log
       - dateext
       - dateyesterday
+    /opt/so/log/salt/virtual_node_manager:
+      - daily
+      - rotate 14
+      - missingok
+      - copytruncate
+      - compress
+      - create
+      - extension .log
+      - dateext
+      - dateyesterday
+    /opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-cloud:
+      - daily
+      - rotate 14
+      - missingok
+      - copytruncate
+      - compress
+      - create
+      - extension .log
+      - dateext
+      - dateyesterday
     /opt/so/log/salt/so-soup-grid-highstate:
       - daily
       - rotate 14

salt/logrotate/soc_logrotate.yaml

@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ logrotate:
       multiline: True
       global: True
       forcedType: "[]string"
+    "/opt/so/log/salt/virtual_node_manager":
+      description: List of logrotate options for this file.
+      title: /opt/so/log/salt/virtual_node_manager
+      advanced: True
+      multiline: True
+      global: True
+      forcedType: "[]string"
+    "/opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-cloud":
+      description: List of logrotate options for this file.
+      title: /opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-cloud
+      advanced: True
+      multiline: True
+      global: True
+      forcedType: "[]string"
     "/opt/so/log/salt/so-soup-grid-highstate":
       description: List of logrotate options for this file.
       title: /opt/so/log/salt/so-soup-grid-highstate

salt/logstash/config.sls

@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ ls_custom_pipeline_conf_{{assigned_pipeline}}_{{pipeline}}:
 
 
 {% for assigned_pipeline in ASSIGNED_PIPELINES %}
+{# a blank per-pipeline setting falls back to the global logstash.yml value #}
+{% set PARSED_OVERRIDES = LOGSTASH_MERGED.get('pipeline_settings', {}).get(assigned_pipeline, {}) %}
+{% if PARSED_OVERRIDES is not mapping %}
+{%   do salt.log.warning('logstash: ignoring malformed pipeline_settings for pipeline ' ~ assigned_pipeline ~ '; expected a set of settings') %}
+{% endif %}
+{% set PIPELINE_OVERRIDES = PARSED_OVERRIDES if PARSED_OVERRIDES is mapping else {} %}
+{% set THREADS = PIPELINE_OVERRIDES.get('pipeline_x_workers') or LOGSTASH_MERGED.config.pipeline_x_workers %}
+{% set BATCH = PIPELINE_OVERRIDES.get('pipeline_x_batch_x_size') or LOGSTASH_MERGED.config.pipeline_x_batch_x_size %}
     {% for CONFIGFILE in LOGSTASH_MERGED.defined_pipelines[assigned_pipeline] %}
 ls_pipeline_{{assigned_pipeline}}_{{CONFIGFILE.split('.')[0] | replace("/","_") }}:
   file.managed:
@@ -92,8 +100,8 @@ ls_pipeline_{{assigned_pipeline}}_{{CONFIGFILE.split('.')[0] | replace("/","_")
         GLOBALS: {{ GLOBALS }}
         ES_USER: "{{ salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:auth:users:so_elastic_user:user', '') }}"
         ES_PASS: "{{ salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:auth:users:so_elastic_user:pass', '') }}"
-        THREADS: {{ LOGSTASH_MERGED.config.pipeline_x_workers }}
+        THREADS: {{ THREADS }}
-        BATCH: {{ LOGSTASH_MERGED.config.pipeline_x_batch_x_size }}
+        BATCH: {{ BATCH }}
       {% else %}
     - name: /opt/so/conf/logstash/pipelines/{{assigned_pipeline}}/{{CONFIGFILE.split('/')[1]}}
       {% endif %}
@@ -125,6 +133,14 @@ lspipelinesyml:
     - defaults:
         ASSIGNED_PIPELINES: {{ ASSIGNED_PIPELINES }}
 
+lslog4j2:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /opt/so/conf/logstash/etc/log4j2.properties
+    - source: salt://logstash/etc/log4j2.properties.jinja
+    - template: jinja
+    - user: 931
+    - group: 939
+
 lsetcsync:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/logstash/etc
@@ -133,7 +149,11 @@ lsetcsync:
     - group: 939
     - template: jinja
     - clean: True
-    - exclude_pat: pipelines*
+{#- both names are matched: the .jinja source so the recurse does not copy it verbatim,
+    and the rendered file so clean: True does not delete what lslog4j2 wrote #}
+    - exclude_pat:
+      - pipelines*
+      - log4j2.properties*
     - defaults:
         LOGSTASH_MERGED: {{ LOGSTASH_MERGED }}
 

salt/logstash/defaults.yaml

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ logstash:
     custom2: []
     custom3: []
     custom4: []
+    custom5: []
+    custom6: []
+    custom7: []
+    custom8: []
+    custom9: []
   pipeline_config:
     custom001: |-
       filter {
@@ -60,10 +65,405 @@ logstash:
     custom008: PLACEHOLDER
     custom009: PLACEHOLDER
     custom010: PLACEHOLDER
+  pipeline_settings:
+    fleet:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    manager:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    receiver:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    search:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom0:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom1:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom2:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom3:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom4:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom5:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom6:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom7:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom8:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
+    custom9:
+      pipeline_x_workers: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay: ''
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode: ''
+      pipeline_x_ordered: ''
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility: ''
+      pipeline_x_reloadable: ''
+      queue_x_type: ''
+      queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      queue_x_page_capacity: ''
+      queue_x_max_events: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval: ''
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry: ''
+      queue_x_compression: ''
+      queue_x_drain: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy: ''
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age: ''
+      path_x_queue: ''
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue: ''
+      config_x_debug: ''
+      config_x_support_escapes: ''
   settings:
     lsheap: 500m
   config:
     api_x_http_x_host: 0.0.0.0
+    log_x_level: info
+    log_x_format: plain
     path_x_logs: /var/log/logstash
     pipeline_x_workers: 1
     pipeline_x_batch_x_size: 125

salt/logstash/enabled.sls

@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ so-logstash:
     {% endif %}
     - watch:
       - file: lsetcsync
+      - file: lslog4j2
+      - file: lspipelinesyml
       - file: trusttheca
       {% if GLOBALS.is_manager %}
       - file: elasticsearch_cacerts

salt/logstash/etc/log4j2.properties.jinja

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{%- from 'logstash/map.jinja' import LOGSTASH_MERGED -%}
 status = error
 name = LogstashPropertiesConfig
 
@@ -16,8 +17,14 @@ name = LogstashPropertiesConfig
 appender.rolling.type = RollingFile
 appender.rolling.name = rolling
 appender.rolling.fileName = /var/log/logstash/logstash.log
+{%- if LOGSTASH_MERGED.config.get('log_x_format', 'plain') == 'json' %}
+appender.rolling.layout.type = JSONLayout
+appender.rolling.layout.compact = true
+appender.rolling.layout.eventEol = true
+{%- else %}
 appender.rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
 appender.rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %.10000m%n
+{%- endif %}
 appender.rolling.filePattern = /var/log/logstash/logstash-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log.gz
 appender.rolling.policies.type = Policies
 appender.rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
@@ -32,7 +39,5 @@ appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.type = IfFileName
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.glob = *.gz
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.type = IfLastModified
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.age = 7D
-rootLogger.level = info
+rootLogger.level = ${sys:ls.log.level}
 rootLogger.appenderRef.rolling.ref = rolling
-#rootLogger.level = ${sys:ls.log.level}
-#rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = ${sys:ls.log.format}_console

salt/logstash/etc/pipelines.yml.jinja

@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
+{%- from 'logstash/map.jinja' import LOGSTASH_MERGED %}
+{%- set PIPELINE_SETTINGS = LOGSTASH_MERGED.get('pipeline_settings', {}) %}
 {%- for assigned_pipeline in ASSIGNED_PIPELINES %}
 - pipeline.id: {{ assigned_pipeline }}
   path.config: "/usr/share/logstash/pipelines/{{ assigned_pipeline }}/"
+{%-   set extra = PIPELINE_SETTINGS.get(assigned_pipeline, {}) %}
+{%-   if extra is mapping %}
+{#-     values are emitted unquoted so yaml re-infers the type logstash expects:
+        4 as an integer, false as a boolean, 1024mb and auto as strings #}
+{%-     for key, value in extra | dictsort %}
+{%-       set rendered = key | replace('_x_', '.') %}
+{%-       if value not in ['', None] and rendered not in ['pipeline.id', 'path.config'] %}
+  {{ rendered }}: {{ value }}
+{%-       endif %}
+{%-     endfor %}
+{%-   endif %}
 {% endfor -%}

salt/logstash/soc_logstash.yaml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ logstash:
       heavynode: *assigned_pipelines
       searchnode: *assigned_pipelines
       manager: *assigned_pipelines
+      managerhype: *assigned_pipelines
       managersearch: *assigned_pipelines
       fleet: *assigned_pipelines
   defined_pipelines:
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ logstash:
     custom2: *defined_pipelines
     custom3: *defined_pipelines
     custom4: *defined_pipelines
+    custom5: *defined_pipelines
+    custom6: *defined_pipelines
+    custom7: *defined_pipelines
+    custom8: *defined_pipelines
+    custom9: *defined_pipelines
   pipeline_config:
     custom001: &pipeline_config
       description: Pipeline configuration for Logstash
@@ -51,6 +57,351 @@ logstash:
     custom008: *pipeline_config
     custom009: *pipeline_config
     custom010: *pipeline_config
+  pipeline_settings:
+    manager: &pipeline_settings
+      pipeline_x_workers:
+        description: >-
+          Number of worker threads that run filters and outputs for this pipeline. May be set higher
+          than the CPU core count when outputs spend time waiting on I/O. Leave blank to use the value
+          from logstash.yml.
+        title: pipeline.workers
+        regex: '^$|^[1-9][0-9]*$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a positive whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_size:
+        description: >-
+          Maximum number of events an individual worker thread collects before running filters and
+          outputs. Larger batches are more efficient but increase heap use; total in-flight events is
+          workers multiplied by batch size. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: pipeline.batch.size
+        regex: '^$|^[1-9][0-9]*$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a positive whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_delay:
+        description: >-
+          Milliseconds a worker waits for the next event before running a batch that is not yet full.
+          Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: pipeline.batch.delay
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      pipeline_x_batch_x_metrics_x_sampling_mode:
+        description: >-
+          Controls how often batch size metrics are collected for this pipeline, which helps tune
+          pipeline.batch.size to the batch sizes actually being processed. Fuller sampling consumes
+          additional heap. Elastic marks this setting as a technical preview that may change in a
+          future release. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: pipeline.batch.metrics.sampling_mode
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'disabled'
+        - 'minimal'
+        - 'full'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      pipeline_x_ordered:
+        description: >-
+          Whether event order is preserved through this pipeline. auto enables ordering only when
+          pipeline.workers is explicitly set to 1, and does nothing otherwise. Setting this to true
+          requires pipeline.workers to be 1 as well; with more workers this pipeline fails to start.
+          Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: pipeline.ordered
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'auto'
+        - 'true'
+        - 'false'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      pipeline_x_ecs_compatibility:
+        description: >-
+          Elastic Common Schema compatibility mode for plugins in this pipeline. Security Onion sets
+          this globally and it should rarely be changed per pipeline. Elastic considers values other
+          than disabled to be BETA, and they may produce unintended consequences when upgrading
+          Logstash. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: pipeline.ecs_compatibility
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'disabled'
+        - 'v1'
+        - 'v8'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      pipeline_x_reloadable:
+        description: >-
+          Whether this pipeline may be reloaded when its configuration changes. Leave blank to use the
+          value from logstash.yml.
+        title: pipeline.reloadable
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'true'
+        - 'false'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_type:
+        description: >-
+          Queue backing this pipeline. persisted buffers events to disk under /nsm/logstash so they
+          survive a restart, at some throughput cost; memory does not. Leave blank to use the value
+          from logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.type
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'memory'
+        - 'persisted'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_max_bytes:
+        description: >-
+          Total capacity of the persistent queue for this pipeline, in bytes. Only applies when
+          queue.type is persisted. The disk backing /nsm/logstash must have room for this much data or
+          the pipeline fails to start, reporting that it was unable to allocate the space. If both
+          queue.max_events and queue.max_bytes are set, whichever is reached first applies. Leave
+          blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.max_bytes
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$|^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?\s*(b|kb?|mb?|gb?|tb?|pb?)$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a size such as 512mb, 1gb, or 64k. Units are lowercase.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_page_capacity:
+        description: >-
+          Size of the individual append-only page data files that make up the persistent queue for
+          this pipeline. Only applies when queue.type is persisted. Leave blank to use the value from
+          logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.page_capacity
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$|^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?\s*(b|kb?|mb?|gb?|tb?|pb?)$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a size such as 512mb, 1gb, or 64k. Units are lowercase.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_max_events:
+        description: >-
+          Maximum number of unread events in the persistent queue for this pipeline. 0 means
+          unlimited. Only applies when queue.type is persisted. Leave blank to use the value from
+          logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.max_events
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_acks:
+        description: >-
+          Maximum number of acknowledged events before a checkpoint is forced. 0 means unlimited. Only
+          applies when queue.type is persisted. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.checkpoint.acks
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_writes:
+        description: >-
+          Maximum number of written events before a checkpoint is forced. Setting this to 1 gives
+          maximum durability at a severe performance cost. 0 means unlimited. Only applies when
+          queue.type is persisted. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.checkpoint.writes
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_interval:
+        description: >-
+          Milliseconds between forced checkpoints on the persistent queue head page. 0 eliminates
+          periodic checkpoints. Deprecated by Elastic as of Logstash 9.1. Only applies when queue.type
+          is persisted. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.checkpoint.interval
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_checkpoint_x_retry:
+        description: >-
+          When enabled, Logstash retries four times per attempted checkpoint write that fails; later
+          errors are not retried. Elastic describes this as a workaround for failed checkpoint writes
+          seen only on Windows and on filesystems with non-standard behaviour such as SANs, and does
+          not recommend enabling it otherwise. Only applies when queue.type is persisted. Leave blank
+          to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.checkpoint.retry
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'true'
+        - 'false'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_compression:
+        description: >-
+          Compression applied to persistent queue pages for this pipeline, trading CPU for disk: speed
+          favours the fastest operation, size the smallest files, and balanced sits between them. Once
+          compressed events have been written, that queue cannot be read by Logstash releases earlier
+          than 9.2. Only applies when queue.type is persisted. Leave blank to use the value from
+          logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.compression
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'none'
+        - 'speed'
+        - 'balanced'
+        - 'size'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      queue_x_drain:
+        description: >-
+          When enabled, Logstash waits for the persistent queue to drain before shutting down this
+          pipeline. Draining a large queue makes shutdown take considerably longer. Only applies when
+          queue.type is persisted. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: queue.drain
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'true'
+        - 'false'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      dead_letter_queue_x_enable:
+        description: >-
+          Whether events this pipeline cannot process are written to a dead letter queue instead of
+          being dropped. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: dead_letter_queue.enable
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'true'
+        - 'false'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      dead_letter_queue_x_max_bytes:
+        description: >-
+          Total capacity of the dead letter queue for this pipeline, in bytes. Only applies when
+          dead_letter_queue.enable is true. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: dead_letter_queue.max_bytes
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$|^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?\s*(b|kb?|mb?|gb?|tb?|pb?)$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a size such as 512mb, 1gb, or 64k. Units are lowercase.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_interval:
+        description: >-
+          Milliseconds before an incomplete dead letter queue segment is flushed and made available to
+          the dead_letter_queue input. Lower values write more, smaller segment files; higher values
+          add latency before events can be read. Only applies when dead_letter_queue.enable is true.
+          Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: dead_letter_queue.flush_interval
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      dead_letter_queue_x_flush_check_interval:
+        description: >-
+          Milliseconds between checks for a stale dead letter queue segment needing a flush. Cannot be
+          set lower than 1000. Smaller values rotate segments sooner at the cost of CPU. Only applies
+          when dead_letter_queue.enable is true. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: dead_letter_queue.flush_check_interval
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a whole number.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      dead_letter_queue_x_storage_policy:
+        description: >-
+          Action taken when dead_letter_queue.max_bytes is reached: drop_newer stops accepting new
+          events, drop_older removes the oldest events to make room. Only applies when
+          dead_letter_queue.enable is true. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: dead_letter_queue.storage_policy
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'drop_newer'
+        - 'drop_older'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      dead_letter_queue_x_retain_x_age:
+        description: >-
+          How long an event is kept in the dead letter queue before Logstash removes it, such as 5d.
+          Units are d, h, m and s; there is no default unit, so one must be given. Only applies when
+          dead_letter_queue.enable is true. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: dead_letter_queue.retain.age
+        regex: '^$|^[0-9]+\s*[dhms]$'
+        regexFailureMessage: Must be blank, or a number followed by d, h, m, or s, such as 5d.
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      path_x_queue:
+        description: >-
+          Directory inside the Logstash container holding the persistent queue for this pipeline. The
+          default lives under the /nsm/logstash bind mount; a path outside it will not survive a
+          container restart. Logstash creates the directory if it is missing, requires it to be
+          writable, and refuses to start if the path is a symlink. Only applies when queue.type is
+          persisted. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: path.queue
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      path_x_dead_letter_queue:
+        description: >-
+          Directory inside the Logstash container holding the dead letter queue for this pipeline. The
+          default lives under the /nsm/logstash bind mount; a path outside it will not survive a
+          container restart. Logstash creates the directory if it is missing, requires it to be
+          writable, and refuses to start if the path is a symlink. Only applies when
+          dead_letter_queue.enable is true. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: path.dead_letter_queue
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      config_x_debug:
+        description: >-
+          Whether the fully compiled configuration for this pipeline is written to the log. The output
+          may contain sensitive values from the pipeline configuration. Leave blank to use the value
+          from logstash.yml.
+        title: config.debug
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'true'
+        - 'false'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+      config_x_support_escapes:
+        description: >-
+          Whether escape sequences such as \n and \t in this pipeline's quoted strings are
+          interpreted. Leave blank to use the value from logstash.yml.
+        title: config.support_escapes
+        options:
+        - ''
+        - 'true'
+        - 'false'
+        advanced: True
+        global: False
+        helpLink: logstash
+    fleet: *pipeline_settings
+    receiver: *pipeline_settings
+    search: *pipeline_settings
+    custom0: *pipeline_settings
+    custom1: *pipeline_settings
+    custom2: *pipeline_settings
+    custom3: *pipeline_settings
+    custom4: *pipeline_settings
+    custom5: *pipeline_settings
+    custom6: *pipeline_settings
+    custom7: *pipeline_settings
+    custom8: *pipeline_settings
+    custom9: *pipeline_settings
   settings:
     lsheap: 
       description: Heap size to use for logstash
@@ -62,6 +413,35 @@ logstash:
       helpLink: logstash
       readonly: True
       advanced: True
+    log_x_level:
+      description: >-
+        Verbosity of the Logstash log at /opt/so/log/logstash/logstash.log. debug and trace produce
+        a very large volume of log data on a busy node and should be used only while troubleshooting;
+        the log rotates at 1GB and rotated files are deleted after 7 days. Setting this to debug is
+        also what makes the per-pipeline config.debug setting emit anything.
+      title: log.level
+      options:
+      - 'fatal'
+      - 'error'
+      - 'warn'
+      - 'info'
+      - 'debug'
+      - 'trace'
+      advanced: True
+      global: False
+      helpLink: logstash
+    log_x_format:
+      description: >-
+        Layout of the Logstash log. plain writes human readable lines; json writes one JSON object
+        per line, which is easier to parse but harder to read directly. The file name and location
+        do not change.
+      title: log.format
+      options:
+      - 'plain'
+      - 'json'
+      advanced: True
+      global: False
+      helpLink: logstash
     path_x_logs: 
       description: Path inside the container to wrote logs.
       helpLink: logstash

salt/manager/files/beacons_pushstate.conf.jinja

@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@ beacons:
   postgres_pillar_beacon:
     - interval: {{ AUTOAPPLY.drain_interval }}
     - disable_during_state_run: False
-  rules_beacon:
+  local_files_beacon:
     - interval: {{ AUTOAPPLY.drain_interval }}
     - disable_during_state_run: False
+    # Tags are app names in salt/reactor/pillar_push_map.yaml.
+    # Allowlist on purpose: salt writes elsewhere under local/salt/ and would self-retrigger.
     - paths:
         /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/suricata/rules: suricata
         /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/strelka/rules/compiled: strelka
+        /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/zeek/policy: zeek
+        /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/zeek/zkg: zeek
+        /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest: elasticsearch
+        /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/elasticsearch/roles: elasticsearch
+        /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/custom: logstash

salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-push-drainer

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ is older than debounce_seconds, this script:
     with the deduped actions list passed as pillar kwargs
   * deletes the contributed intent files on successful dispatch
 
-Reactor sls files (push_suricata, push_strelka, push_pillar) write intents
+Reactor sls files (push_files, push_pillar) write intents
 but never dispatch directly
 """
 

salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup

@@ -344,16 +344,6 @@ check_cluster_health() {
 
 check_fleet_server() {
   echo "Checking that Elastic Fleet Server is responding."
-  # Before checking fleet health, check for and fix known issue with elastic-agent container and fs.protected_symlinks
-  local protected_symlinks=$(sysctl -b fs.protected_symlinks)
-  if [[ "$protected_symlinks" == "1" ]]; then
-    # disable fs.protected_symlinks and restart elasticfleet
-    sysctl -w fs.protected_symlinks=0
-    docker stop so-elastic-fleet; docker rm -f so-elastic-fleet
-    printf "\nUpdated sysctl fs.protected_symlinks. Restarting fleet before running health check and continuing with soup.\n"
-    salt-call state.apply elasticfleet queue=True
-  fi
-  
   # Modeled on the wait_for_so-elastic-fleet state check in elasticfleet/enabled.sls,
   # which waits for HTTP 200 from the Fleet Server status API.
   if curl -sk --fail --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 "https://localhost:8220/api/status" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -465,6 +455,19 @@ highstate() {
   salt-call state.highstate -l info queue=True
 }
 
+upgrade_searchnode_elasticsearch() {
+  # Run the elasticsearch state across the true elastic cluster (non-heavy) with a retry attempt
+  #   Excludes the manager, so that kibana & elasticfleet are not upgraded until searchnodes are upgraded.
+  echo "Getting ready to upgrade Elasticsearch across the grid. This may take a while..."
+  if salt -b 10% -C "I@elasticsearch:enabled and not G@role:so-heavynode and not G@id:${MINIONID}" state.apply elasticsearch queue=True; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  
+  echo "Initial elasticsearch state attempt had a problem; retrying in 30 seconds."
+  sleep 30
+  salt -b 10% -C "I@elasticsearch:enabled and not G@role:so-heavynode and not G@id:${MINIONID}" state.apply elasticsearch queue=True
+}
+
 push_grid_highstate() {
   # Drive a batched, role-tiered highstate across the rest of the grid so remote minions
   # pick up this upgrade now instead of waiting up to ~2.5 hours for their own scheduled
@@ -493,11 +496,10 @@ push_grid_highstate() {
 masterlock() {
   echo "Locking Salt Master"
   mv -v $TOPFILE $BACKUPTOPFILE
-  # Render the real top file only for the host running soup; every other
+  echo "base:" > $TOPFILE
-  # minion gets an empty top (no states) while the master is upgrading.
+  echo "  $MINIONID:" >> $TOPFILE
-  echo "{% if grains['id'] == '$MINIONID' %}" > $TOPFILE
+  echo "    - ca" >> $TOPFILE
-  cat $BACKUPTOPFILE >> $TOPFILE
+  echo "    - elasticsearch" >> $TOPFILE
-  echo "{% endif %}" >> $TOPFILE
 }
 
 masterunlock() {
@@ -1046,20 +1048,8 @@ post_to_3.2.0() {
 }
 ### 3.2.0 End ###
 
-### 3.3.0 Scripts ###
+### 3.2.0 Scripts ###
-
- # Sets fs.protected_symlinks=0
- #
- # Elastic Agent docker image chowns its directory to the running UID 
- # but does not chown the elastic-agent launcher symlink. 
- # Preventing non-root users from following that launcher symlink.
-disable_sysctl_fs_protected_symlink() {
-  salt -C 'I@stig:enabled' state.single sysctl.present name=fs.protected_symlinks value=0 config=/etc/sysctl.conf || true
-}
-    
 up_to_3.3.0() {
-  disable_sysctl_fs_protected_symlink
-  
   INSTALLEDVERSION=3.3.0
 }
 
@@ -1359,11 +1349,12 @@ verify_es_version_compatibility() {
     local is_active_intermediate_upgrade=1
     # supported upgrade paths for SO-ES versions
     declare -A es_upgrade_map=(
-        ["8.18.4"]="8.18.6 8.18.8 9.0.8"
+      ["8.18.4"]="8.18.6 8.18.8 9.0.8"
 	    ["8.18.6"]="8.18.8 9.0.8"
 	    ["8.18.8"]="9.0.8"
-        ["9.0.8"]="9.3.3 9.3.7"
+      ["9.0.8"]="9.3.3 9.3.7 9.4.5"
-        ["9.3.3"]="9.3.7"
+      ["9.3.3"]="9.3.7 9.4.5"
+      ["9.3.7"]="9.4.5"
     )
 
     # Elasticsearch MUST upgrade through these versions
@@ -2139,12 +2130,28 @@ main() {
 
     # ensure the mine is updated and populated before highstates run, following the salt-master restart
     update_salt_mine
-
+    
+    # kick off a searchnode elasticsearch upgrade
+    set +e
+    if [[ "$es_version" != "$target_es_version" ]]; then
+      if salt-key -L accepted | grep -q "_searchnode$" 2>/dev/null; then
+        # only run if there is atleast 1 searchnode
+        upgrade_searchnode_elasticsearch
+      fi
+    fi
+    set -e
+    
     highstate
     check_saltmaster_status
     postupgrade_changes
     [[ $is_airgap -eq 0 ]] && unmount_update
-
+    
+    if [[ "$es_version" != "$target_es_version" ]]; then
+      # Run final elasticsearch / fleet state on manager to ensure addon index templates are created/regenerated and loaded
+      echo "Running final Elastic states at $(date +"%T.%6N"), after upgrade to $NEWVERSION"
+      salt-call state.apply elasticsearch,elasticfleet queue=True
+    fi
+    
     echo ""
     echo "Upgrade to $NEWVERSION complete."
 

salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ http {
 		}
 
 {%  if 'api' in salt['pillar.get']('features', []) %}
-		location ~* (^/oauth2/token.*|^.well-known/jwks.json|^.well-known/openid-configuration) {
+		location ~* (^/oauth2/token.*|^/\.well-known/jwks.json|^/\.well-known/openid-configuration) {
 			limit_req             zone=auth_throttle burst={{ NGINXMERGED.config.throttle_login_burst }} nodelay;
 			limit_req_status      429;
 			proxy_pass            http://{{ GLOBALS.manager }}:4444;

salt/postgres/files/init-db.sh

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-E
     -- revoking CONNECT closes the soft edge entirely.
     REVOKE CONNECT ON DATABASE "$POSTGRES_DB" FROM PUBLIC;
     GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE "$POSTGRES_DB" TO "$SO_POSTGRES_USER";
+
+    CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;
 EOSQL
 
 # Bootstrap the Telegraf metrics database. Per-minion roles + schemas are

salt/reactor/pillar_push_map.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Read by push_pillar.sls (SOC config saves) and push_files.sls (local/salt file edits);
+# both key on the app name. An app missing here waits for the next scheduled highstate.
+#
 # One pillar directory can map to multiple (state, tgt) actions.
 # tgt is a raw salt compound expression. tgt_type is always "compound".
 # Per-action `batch` / `batch_wait` override the orch defaults (25% / 15s).

salt/reactor/push_files.sls

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#!py
+
+# Reactor invoked by local_files_beacon when a watched directory under
+# /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/ changes. The beacon tag is an app name in
+# pillar_push_map.yaml, so file changes and pillar changes route through the same
+# table -- see salt/reactor/push_pillar.sls.
+#
+# The app comes from the event tag, not the payload: salt's beacon loop pops the
+# beacon's 'tag' key off the data and appends it to the event tag instead (see
+# salt/beacons/__init__.py). The reactor renderer sets both `tag` and `data` as
+# module globals.
+#
+# Reactors never dispatch directly. The so-push-drainer schedule picks up ready
+# intents, dedupes across pending files, and dispatches orch.push_batch.
+
+import fcntl
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import time
+
+from salt.client import Caller
+import yaml
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+PENDING_DIR = '/opt/so/state/push_pending'
+LOCK_FILE = os.path.join(PENDING_DIR, '.lock')
+MAX_PATHS = 20
+
+# The pillar_push_map.yaml is shipped via salt:// but the reactor runs on the
+# master, which mounts the default saltstack tree at this path.
+PUSH_MAP_PATH = '/opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/reactor/pillar_push_map.yaml'
+
+_PUSH_MAP_CACHE = {'mtime': 0, 'data': None}
+
+
+def _load_push_map():
+    try:
+        st = os.stat(PUSH_MAP_PATH)
+    except OSError:
+        LOG.warning('push_files: %s not found', PUSH_MAP_PATH)
+        return {}
+    if _PUSH_MAP_CACHE['mtime'] != st.st_mtime:
+        try:
+            with open(PUSH_MAP_PATH, 'r') as f:
+                _PUSH_MAP_CACHE['data'] = yaml.safe_load(f) or {}
+        except Exception:
+            LOG.exception('push_files: failed to load %s', PUSH_MAP_PATH)
+            _PUSH_MAP_CACHE['data'] = {}
+        _PUSH_MAP_CACHE['mtime'] = st.st_mtime
+    return _PUSH_MAP_CACHE['data'] or {}
+
+
+def _push_enabled():
+    try:
+        caller = Caller()
+        return bool(caller.cmd('pillar.get', 'salt:auto_apply:enabled', True))
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.exception('push_files: pillar.get salt:auto_apply:enabled failed, assuming enabled')
+        return True
+
+
+def _write_intent(key, actions, path):
+    now = time.time()
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(PENDING_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+    except OSError:
+        LOG.exception('push_files: cannot create %s', PENDING_DIR)
+        return
+
+    intent_path = os.path.join(PENDING_DIR, '{}.json'.format(key))
+    lock_fd = os.open(LOCK_FILE, os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR, 0o644)
+    try:
+        fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
+
+        intent = {}
+        if os.path.exists(intent_path):
+            try:
+                with open(intent_path, 'r') as f:
+                    intent = json.load(f)
+            except (IOError, ValueError):
+                intent = {}
+
+        intent.setdefault('first_touch', now)
+        intent['last_touch'] = now
+        intent['actions'] = actions
+        paths = intent.get('paths', [])
+        if path and path not in paths:
+            paths.append(path)
+            paths = paths[-MAX_PATHS:]
+        intent['paths'] = paths
+
+        tmp_path = intent_path + '.tmp'
+        with open(tmp_path, 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(intent, f)
+        os.rename(tmp_path, intent_path)
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.exception('push_files: failed to write intent %s', intent_path)
+    finally:
+        try:
+            fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+        finally:
+            os.close(lock_fd)
+
+
+def run():
+    if not _push_enabled():
+        LOG.info('push_files: push disabled, skipping')
+        return {}
+
+    event = data.get('data', data)  # noqa: F821 -- data provided by reactor
+    path = event.get('path', '')
+    app = tag.rsplit('/', 1)[-1].strip()  # noqa: F821 -- tag provided by reactor
+
+    if not app:
+        LOG.debug('push_files: ignoring event with no app segment: tag=%s', tag)  # noqa: F821
+        return {}
+
+    entry = _load_push_map().get(app)
+    if not entry:
+        LOG.warning(
+            'push_files: app "%s" is not in pillar_push_map.yaml; change will be '
+            'picked up at the next scheduled highstate (path=%s)',
+            app, path,
+        )
+        return {}
+
+    _write_intent('files_{}'.format(app), list(entry), path)
+    LOG.info('push_files: intent updated for %s (path=%s)', app, path)
+    return {}

salt/reactor/push_strelka.sls

@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-#!py
-
-# Reactor invoked by the rules_beacon poll beacon (salt/_beacons/rules_beacon.py) on rule
-# file changes under /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/strelka/rules/compiled/.
-#
-# Writes (or updates) a push intent at /opt/so/state/push_pending/rules_strelka.json
-# and returns {}. The so-push-drainer schedule picks up ready intents, dedupes
-# across pending files, and dispatches orch.push_batch. Reactors never dispatch
-# directly
-
-import fcntl
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-
-from salt.client import Caller
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-PENDING_DIR = '/opt/so/state/push_pending'
-LOCK_FILE = os.path.join(PENDING_DIR, '.lock')
-MAX_PATHS = 20
-
-# Mirrors GLOBALS.sensor_roles in salt/vars/globals.map.jinja. Sensor-side
-# strelka runs on exactly these four roles; so-import gets strelka.manager
-# instead, which is not fired on pillar changes.
-SENSOR_ROLES = ['so-eval', 'so-heavynode', 'so-sensor', 'so-standalone']
-
-
-def _sensor_compound():
-    return ' or '.join('G@role:{}'.format(r) for r in SENSOR_ROLES)
-
-
-def _push_enabled():
-    try:
-        caller = Caller()
-        return bool(caller.cmd('pillar.get', 'salt:auto_apply:enabled', True))
-    except Exception:
-        LOG.exception('push_strelka: pillar.get salt:auto_apply:enabled failed, assuming enabled')
-        return True
-
-
-def _write_intent(key, actions, path):
-    now = time.time()
-    try:
-        os.makedirs(PENDING_DIR, exist_ok=True)
-    except OSError:
-        LOG.exception('push_strelka: cannot create %s', PENDING_DIR)
-        return
-
-    intent_path = os.path.join(PENDING_DIR, '{}.json'.format(key))
-    lock_fd = os.open(LOCK_FILE, os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR, 0o644)
-    try:
-        fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-
-        intent = {}
-        if os.path.exists(intent_path):
-            try:
-                with open(intent_path, 'r') as f:
-                    intent = json.load(f)
-            except (IOError, ValueError):
-                intent = {}
-
-        intent.setdefault('first_touch', now)
-        intent['last_touch'] = now
-        intent['actions'] = actions
-        paths = intent.get('paths', [])
-        if path and path not in paths:
-            paths.append(path)
-            paths = paths[-MAX_PATHS:]
-        intent['paths'] = paths
-
-        tmp_path = intent_path + '.tmp'
-        with open(tmp_path, 'w') as f:
-            json.dump(intent, f)
-        os.rename(tmp_path, intent_path)
-    except Exception:
-        LOG.exception('push_strelka: failed to write intent %s', intent_path)
-    finally:
-        try:
-            fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-        finally:
-            os.close(lock_fd)
-
-
-def run():
-    if not _push_enabled():
-        LOG.info('push_strelka: push disabled, skipping')
-        return {}
-
-    path = data.get('path', '')  # noqa: F821 -- data provided by reactor
-    actions = [{'state': 'strelka', 'tgt': _sensor_compound()}]
-    _write_intent('rules_strelka', actions, path)
-    LOG.info('push_strelka: intent updated for path=%s', path)
-    return {}

salt/reactor/push_suricata.sls

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-#!py
-
-# Reactor invoked by the rules_beacon poll beacon (salt/_beacons/rules_beacon.py) on rule
-# file changes under /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/suricata/rules/.
-#
-# Writes (or updates) a push intent at /opt/so/state/push_pending/rules_suricata.json
-# and returns {}. The so-push-drainer schedule picks up ready intents, dedupes
-# across pending files, and dispatches orch.push_batch. Reactors never dispatch
-# directly
-
-import fcntl
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-
-from salt.client import Caller
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-PENDING_DIR = '/opt/so/state/push_pending'
-LOCK_FILE = os.path.join(PENDING_DIR, '.lock')
-MAX_PATHS = 20
-
-# Mirrors GLOBALS.sensor_roles in salt/vars/globals.map.jinja. Suricata also
-# runs on so-import per salt/top.sls, so that role is appended below.
-SENSOR_ROLES = ['so-eval', 'so-heavynode', 'so-sensor', 'so-standalone']
-
-
-def _sensor_compound_plus_import():
-    return ' or '.join('G@role:{}'.format(r) for r in SENSOR_ROLES) + ' or G@role:so-import'
-
-
-def _push_enabled():
-    try:
-        caller = Caller()
-        return bool(caller.cmd('pillar.get', 'salt:auto_apply:enabled', True))
-    except Exception:
-        LOG.exception('push_suricata: pillar.get salt:auto_apply:enabled failed, assuming enabled')
-        return True
-
-
-def _write_intent(key, actions, path):
-    now = time.time()
-    try:
-        os.makedirs(PENDING_DIR, exist_ok=True)
-    except OSError:
-        LOG.exception('push_suricata: cannot create %s', PENDING_DIR)
-        return
-
-    intent_path = os.path.join(PENDING_DIR, '{}.json'.format(key))
-    lock_fd = os.open(LOCK_FILE, os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR, 0o644)
-    try:
-        fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-
-        intent = {}
-        if os.path.exists(intent_path):
-            try:
-                with open(intent_path, 'r') as f:
-                    intent = json.load(f)
-            except (IOError, ValueError):
-                intent = {}
-
-        intent.setdefault('first_touch', now)
-        intent['last_touch'] = now
-        intent['actions'] = actions
-        paths = intent.get('paths', [])
-        if path and path not in paths:
-            paths.append(path)
-            paths = paths[-MAX_PATHS:]
-        intent['paths'] = paths
-
-        tmp_path = intent_path + '.tmp'
-        with open(tmp_path, 'w') as f:
-            json.dump(intent, f)
-        os.rename(tmp_path, intent_path)
-    except Exception:
-        LOG.exception('push_suricata: failed to write intent %s', intent_path)
-    finally:
-        try:
-            fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-        finally:
-            os.close(lock_fd)
-
-
-def run():
-    if not _push_enabled():
-        LOG.info('push_suricata: push disabled, skipping')
-        return {}
-
-    path = data.get('path', '')  # noqa: F821 -- data provided by reactor
-    actions = [{'state': 'suricata', 'tgt': _sensor_compound_plus_import()}]
-    _write_intent('rules_suricata', actions, path)
-    LOG.info('push_suricata: intent updated for path=%s', path)
-    return {}

salt/salt/files/reactor_pushstate.conf

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 reactor:
-  - 'salt/beacon/*/rules_beacon/suricata':
+  - 'salt/beacon/*/local_files_beacon/*':
-    - salt://reactor/push_suricata.sls
+    - salt://reactor/push_files.sls
-  - 'salt/beacon/*/rules_beacon/strelka':
-    - salt://reactor/push_strelka.sls
   - 'salt/beacon/*/postgres_pillar_beacon/audit_settings':
     - salt://reactor/push_pillar.sls

salt/soc/defaults.yaml

@@ -1537,6 +1537,21 @@ soc:
             Orchestrator: sonnet@SOAI
             Investigator: gemma@SOAI
             DetectionEngineer: gemma@SOAI
+          useMemory: true
+          useMemoryScanner: false
+          dontScanBefore: ""
+          memoryScanIntervalSeconds: 300
+          memoryProximityThreshold: 0.8
+          messageProximityThreshold: 0.5
+          maxUserMemoriesToInclude: 5
+          maxGlobalMemoriesToInclude: 5
+          maxUserMemoriesToReconcile: 20
+          maxGlobalMemoriesToReconcile: 20
+          memoryModel: gemma@SOAI
+          embedModel: amazon.titan-embed-text-v2@SOAI
+          reconcileModel: gemma@SOAI
+          memoryPersona: ""
+          reconcilePersona: ""
         onionconfig:
           saltstackDir: /opt/so/saltstack
           bypassEnabled: false
@@ -2727,5 +2742,14 @@ soc:
               enabled: true
               adapter: SOAI
               charsPerTokenEstimate: 4
+            - id: amazon.titan-embed-text-v2
+              displayName: amazon.titan-embed-text-v2
+              origin: USA
+              contextLimitSmall: 8192
+              contextLimitLarge: 8192
+              lowBalanceColorAlert: 500000
+              enabled: true
+              adapter: SOAI
+              charsPerTokenEstimate: 4
               
             

salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml

@@ -845,6 +845,61 @@ soc:
             DetectionEngineer:
               description: This agent manages detections and their overrides, including tuning noisy rules and authoring rule content.
               global: True
+          useMemory:
+            description: Enables the Memory system for OnionAI
+            global: True
+            forcedType: bool
+          useMemoryScanner:
+            description: Enables the memory scanner for automatic memory extraction from historical sessions.
+            global: True
+            forcedType: bool
+          dontScanBefore:
+            description: A date specifying how far back to scan for memories. Must be in YYYY-MM-DD format.
+            regex: "^(\d{4}-((0[13578]|1[02])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(0[469]|11)-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|02-(0[1-9]|[12]\d)))?$"
+            regexFailureMessage: Expecting date in YYYY-MM-DD format
+            global: True
+            advanced: True
+          memoryScanIntervalSeconds:
+            description: How long to wait in seconds between attempts to scan sessions for new memories.
+            global: True
+          memoryProximityThreshold:
+            description: Describes how close memories need to be on a floating point scale from 0.0 to 1.0 to be considered when reconciling new memories with old ones. This value is usually higher than messageProximityThreshold.
+            global: True
+          messageProximityThreshold:
+            description: Describes how close a memory needs to be to a user's message on a floating point scale from 0.0 to 1.0 to be included in the context. This value is usually lower than memoryProximityThreshold.
+            global: True
+          maxUserMemoriesToInclude:
+            description: Specify the max number of user-specific memories to include in the prompt when a user sends a message.
+            global: True
+          maxGlobalMemoriesToInclude:
+            description: Specify the max number of global memories to include in the prompt when a user sends a message.
+            global: True
+          maxUserMemoriesToReconcile:
+            description: When reconciling new user-specific memories with existing user-specific memories, this determines how many old memories may be considered.
+            global: True
+          maxGlobalMemoriesToReconcile:
+            description: When reconciling new global memories with existing global memories, this determines how many old memories may be considered.
+            global: True
+          memoryModel:
+            description: The model to use when extracting memories from sessions.
+            global: True
+          embedModel: 
+            description: The model to use when embedding a memory as a vector. Note that only memories embedded using the same model may be compared and only memories created with the model specified here will be considered when informing an agent of existing memories.
+            global: True
+            advanced: True
+          reconcileModel:
+            description: The model to use when reconciling memories that contain nearly the same content.
+            global: True
+          memoryPersona:
+            description: Text appended to the built-in prompt of the memory extraction agent, managed from the Agent Studio. Use it to steer what is worth remembering.
+            global: True
+            readonlyUi: True
+            multiline: True
+          reconcilePersona:
+            description: Text appended to the built-in prompt of the memory reconciliation agent, managed from the Agent Studio. Use it to steer how new memories are merged with existing ones.
+            global: True
+            readonlyUi: True
+            multiline: True
       client:
         assistant:
           enabled:

salt/stig/enabled.sls

@@ -65,15 +65,6 @@ run_remediate:
     - success_retcodes:
       - 2
 
-# Elastic Agent docker image chowns its directory to the running UID but does not
-#  chown the elastic-agent launcher symlink. fs.protected_symlinks=1 then prevents
-#  non-root users from following that launcher symlink.
-{# OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_fs_protected_symlinks #}
-fs.protected_symlinks:
-  sysctl.present:
-    - value: 0
-    - config: /etc/sysctl.conf
-
 {# OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_disable_ctrlaltdel_burstaction #}
 disable_ctrl_alt_del_action:
   file.replace:

salt/stig/files/sos-oscap.xml

@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 9 V1R3.</xccdf-1.2:description>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sudoers_validate_passwd" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_crypto_fips_enabled" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_fs_protected_hardlinks" selected="true"/>
-        <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_fs_protected_symlinks" selected="false"/>
+        <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_fs_protected_symlinks" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_kernel_core_pattern" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_kernel_dmesg_restrict" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_kernel_exec_shield" selected="true"/>
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ standard DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 9 profile.</xccdf-1.2:description>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sudoers_validate_passwd" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_crypto_fips_enabled" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_fs_protected_hardlinks" selected="true"/>
-        <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_fs_protected_symlinks" selected="false"/>
+        <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_fs_protected_symlinks" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_kernel_core_pattern" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_kernel_dmesg_restrict" selected="true"/>
         <xccdf-1.2:select idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sysctl_kernel_exec_shield" selected="true"/>

salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 {%-   do TELEGRAFMERGED.scripts[GLOBALS.role.split('-')[1]].remove('sostatus.sh') %}
 [[inputs.exec]]
    commands = [
-      "/scripts/sostatus.sh"
+      ["/scripts/sostatus.sh"]
    ]
    data_format = "influx"
    timeout = "15s"
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 [[inputs.exec]]
    commands = [
 {%-   for script in TELEGRAFMERGED.scripts[GLOBALS.role.split('-')[1]] %}
-      "/scripts/{{script}}"{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
+      ["/scripts/{{script}}"]{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
 {%-   endfor %}
    ]
   data_format = "influx"
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
 {%- if GLOBALS.is_manager or GLOBALS.role == 'so-heavynode' %}
 [[ inputs.exec ]]
   commands = [
-    "/scripts/esindexsize.sh"
+    ["/scripts/esindexsize.sh"]
   ]
   data_format = "influx"
   interval = "1h"