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[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[eql-search]]
== Run an EQL search
experimental::[]
To start using EQL in {es}, first ensure your event data meets
<<eql-requirements,EQL requirements>>. You can then use the <<eql-search-api,EQL
search API>> to search event data stored in one or more {es} indices.
.*Example*
[%collapsible]
====
To get started, ingest or add the data to an {es} index.
The following <<docs-bulk,bulk API>> request adds some example log data to the
`sec_logs` index. This log data follows the {ecs-ref}[Elastic Common Schema
(ECS)].
[source,console]
----
PUT /sec_logs/_bulk?refresh
{"index":{"_index" : "sec_logs", "_id" : "1"}}
{ "@timestamp": "2020-12-06T11:04:05.000Z", "agent": { "id": "8a4f500d" }, "event": { "category": "process" }, "process": { "name": "cmd.exe", "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" } }
{"index":{"_index" : "sec_logs", "_id" : "2"}}
{ "@timestamp": "2020-12-06T11:04:07.000Z", "agent": { "id": "8a4f500d" }, "event": { "category": "file" }, "file": { "accessed": "2020-12-07T11:07:08.000Z", "name": "cmd.exe", "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", "type": "file", "size": 16384 }, "process": { "name": "cmd.exe", "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" } }
{"index":{"_index" : "sec_logs", "_id" : "3"}}
{ "@timestamp": "2020-12-07T11:06:07.000Z", "agent": { "id": "8a4f500d" }, "event": { "category": "process" }, "process": { "name": "cmd.exe", "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" } }
{"index":{"_index" : "sec_logs", "_id" : "4"}}
{ "@timestamp": "2020-12-07T11:07:08.000Z", "agent": { "id": "8a4f500d" }, "event": { "category": "file" }, "file": { "accessed": "2020-12-07T11:07:08.000Z", "name": "cmd.exe", "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", "type": "file", "size": 16384 }, "process": { "name": "cmd.exe", "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" } }
{"index":{"_index" : "sec_logs", "_id" : "5"}}
{ "@timestamp": "2020-12-07T11:07:09.000Z", "agent": { "id": "8a4f500d" }, "event": { "category": "process" }, "process": { "name": "regsvr32.exe", "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\regsvr32.exe" } }
----
// TESTSETUP
[TIP]
=====
You also can set up {beats-ref}/getting-started.html[{beats}], such as
{auditbeat-ref}/auditbeat-getting-started.html[{auditbeat}] or
{winlogbeat-ref}/winlogbeat-getting-started.html[{winlogbeat}], to automatically
send and index your event data in {es}. See
{beats-ref}/getting-started.html[Getting started with {beats}].
=====
You can now use the EQL search API to search this index using an EQL query.
The following request searches the `sec_logs` index using the EQL query
specified in the `query` parameter. The EQL query matches events with an
`event.category` of `process` that have a `process.name` of `cmd.exe`.
[source,console]
----
GET /sec_logs/_eql/search
{
"query": """
process where process.name == "cmd.exe"
"""
}
----
Because the `sec_log` index follows the ECS, you don't need to specify the
required <<eql-required-fields,event category or timestamp>> fields. The request
uses the `event.category` and `@timestamp` fields by default.
The API returns the following response containing the matching events. Events
in the response are sorted by timestamp, converted to milliseconds since the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time[Unix epoch], in ascending order.
[source,console-result]
----
{
"took": 60,
"timed_out": false,
"hits": {
"total": {
"value": 2,
"relation": "eq"
},
"events": [
{
"_index": "sec_logs",
"_type": "_doc",
"_id": "1",
"_score": null,
"_source": {
"@timestamp": "2020-12-06T11:04:05.000Z",
"agent": {
"id": "8a4f500d"
},
"event": {
"category": "process"
},
"process": {
"name": "cmd.exe",
"path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
}
},
"sort": [
1607252645000
]
},
{
"_index": "sec_logs",
"_type": "_doc",
"_id": "3",
"_score": null,
"_source": {
"@timestamp": "2020-12-07T11:06:07.000Z",
"agent": {
"id": "8a4f500d"
},
"event": {
"category": "process"
},
"process": {
"name": "cmd.exe",
"path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
}
},
"sort": [
1607339167000
]
}
]
}
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"took": 60/"took": $body.took/]
====
[discrete]
[[eql-search-specify-event-category-field]]
=== Specify an event category field
The EQL search API uses `event.category` as the required
<<eql-required-fields,event category field>> by default. You can use the
`event_category_field` parameter to specify another event category field.
.*Example*
[%collapsible]
====
The following request specifies `file.type` as the event category
field.
[source,console]
----
GET /sec_logs/_eql/search
{
"event_category_field": "file.type",
"query": """
file where agent.id == "8a4f500d"
"""
}
----
====
[discrete]
[[eql-search-specify-timestamp-field]]
=== Specify a timestamp field
The EQL search API uses `@timestamp` as the required <<eql-required-fields,event
timestamp field>> by default. You can use the `timestamp_field` parameter to
specify another timestamp field.
.*Example*
[%collapsible]
====
The following request specifies `file.accessed` as the event
timestamp field.
[source,console]
----
GET /sec_logs/_eql/search
{
"timestamp_field": "file.accessed",
"query": """
file where (file.size > 1 and file.type == "file")
"""
}
----
====
[discrete]
[[eql-search-filter-query-dsl]]
=== Filter using query DSL
You can use the EQL search API's `filter` parameter to specify an additional
query using <<query-dsl,query DSL>>. This query filters the documents on which
the EQL query runs.
.*Example*
[%collapsible]
====
The following request uses a `range` query to filter the `sec_logs`
index down to only documents with a `file.size` value greater than `1` but less
than `1000000` bytes. The EQL query in `query` parameter then runs on these
filtered documents.
[source,console]
----
GET /sec_logs/_eql/search
{
"filter": {
"range" : {
"file.size" : {
"gte" : 1,
"lte" : 1000000
}
}
},
"query": """
file where (file.type == "file" and file.name == "cmd.exe")
"""
}
----
====