Google Kubernetes Engine - Learn more about collecting Google Kubernetes Engine logs and data using a custom collector (standard data source) and content pack integration in Cortex XDR. - Administrator Guide - Cortex XDR - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XDR 5.x Documentation

Product
Cortex XDR
License
XDR + Cloud
Creation date
2025-07-13
Last date published
2026-06-11
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Learn more about collecting Google Kubernetes Engine logs and data using a custom collector (standard data source) and content pack integration in Cortex XDR.

Note

It's also possible to use a Custom - Filebeat based Collector to ingest logs related to file activity on your endpoints and servers without using the Cortex XDR agent. For more information, see Elasticsearch Filebeat.

You can configure collecting Google Kubernetes logs and data using a Custom - Filebeat based Collector (standard data source) or with a content pack integration:

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) vendor

Description

Custom - Filebeat based Collector overview (standard data source) overview

Forward container logs from Google Kubernetes Engine using Elasticsearch Filebeat to Cortex XDR using the Custom - Filebeat based Collector data source.

Link to custom collector (standard data source) instructions

Ingest logs from Google Kubernetes Engine

Links to content pack/integration instructions

The Google Kubernetes Engine content pack builds and manages container-based applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), powered by the open source Kubernetes technology. It contains the Google Kubernetes Engine Operations Generic Polling playbook as well as the following integration:

  • Google Kubernetes Engine: Use this integration to build and manage container-based applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), utilizing the open source Kubernetes technology. This integration is used by the Google Kubernetes Engine Operations Generic Polling playbook, which checks operation status and facilitates the waiting between steps in cluster configuration.