Create an Input

After you complete the configuration for your Tenable Add-On for Splunk, you must create the input.

To create an input:

1. In the Splunk interface, click the Inputs tab.

   

2. Click the Create New Input button.

   A drop-down box appears:

   

3. Select the appropriate Tenable application.

   The selected Tenable application input options open in a new window.

4. Enter the necessary information for each field. The following table describes the available options.

   Note: If you don't use the default index, you must update the Tenable Macro.

   Tenable.io

   Input Parameters		Description	Required
   Name		The unique name for each Tenable data input.	Yes
   Interval		The interval parameter specifies when the input restarts to perform the task again (in seconds). The interval amount must be between 3600 and 86400.	Yes
   Index		The index in which to store Tenable.io data.	Yes
   Global Account		Splunk pulls data from this Tenable account.	Yes
   Sync Plugin Details		If selected, the related tags in Tenable assets include plugin details.	Yes
   Host Vulnerability	Start Time	The date and time to start collecting host data. If you leave this field blank, the integration collects all historical data. (Enter in this format - YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.)	No
   	Lowest Severity Score	The lowest level of severity stored.	No
   	Historical Fixed Vulnerability	Allows the import of host vulnerabilities fixed before the current day.	No
   	Tags	Limits host vulnerabilities pulled to host assets that have tags selected.	No

   Tenable.sc Vulnerability

   Input Parameters	Description	Required
   Name	The unique name for each Tenable data input.	Yes
   Interval	The interval parameter specifies when the input restarts to perform the task again (in seconds). The interval amount must be between 300 and 86400. Note: If using a Tenable.sc version previous to 5.7, the minimum interval you can select is 24 hours. If using Tenable.sc 5.7 or later, you can specify a minimum interval of an hour.	Yes
   Index	The index in which to store Tenable.sc data.	Yes
   Global Account	Splunk pulls data from this Tenable account.	Yes
   Start Time	The date and time to start collecting data. If you leave this field blank, the integration collects all historical data. Note: Uses the YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format.	No
   Sync Plugin Details	If selected, the related tags in Tenable assets include plugin details.	Yes
   Historical Fixed Vulnerability	Allows the import of vulnerabilities fixed before the current day.	No
   Query Name	A name for Tenable.sc vulnerability filter. Note: The interval must be query type Vulnerability Detail List.	No
   Max Event Size	Maximum allowed size for an event.	No
   Page Size	Number of events to be fetched in one page.	No

   Tenable.sc Mobile

   Input Parameters	Description	Required
   Name	The unique name for each Tenable data input.	Yes
   Interval	The interval parameter specifies when the input restarts to perform the task again (in seconds).	Yes
   Index	The index in which to store Tenable.sc data.	Yes
   Global Account	Splunk pulls data from this Tenable account.	Yes
   Query Name	A name for Tenable.sc vulnerability filter. Note: The interval must be query type - Vulnerability Detail List.	No

5. Click Add to create the input.

6. Run the All Time saved search.
7. Schedule an All Time saved search.

Note: Tenable recommends running the saved search every 24 hours. However, you can adjust as needed.