Export and parse Tetragon events in JSON format from tetra getevents for integration with a SIEM
domain: tetragon.io · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Run 'tetra getevents' with the '--output json' flag to receive newline-delimited JSON event records from the Tetragon gRPC server
Pipe the JSON output to a log shipper or file for ingestion; each event object contains a 'process_exec', 'process_exit', 'process_kprobe', or similar top-level key
Parse the nested process metadata fields including binary, arguments, pod name, namespace, and workload labels from the JSON structure
Filter event types using '--event-types' flag to select only the event categories relevant to your SIEM use case such as PROCESS_EXEC and PROCESS_KPROBE
Configure export-stdout in Tetragon's Helm values or DaemonSet args to write all events to stdout so a log collector sidecar can forward them to the SIEM
Known gotchas
tetra getevents connects to the local Tetragon gRPC socket; when running outside the pod you must either exec into the Tetragon pod or expose the gRPC port via a service
JSON event schemas can change between Tetragon versions; pin the tetra CLI version to the same version as the deployed Tetragon agent to ensure schema compatibility
High-frequency workloads can produce very large event volumes; apply TracingPolicy selectors and event-type filters to reduce cardinality before forwarding to a SIEM to avoid excessive ingestion costs
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