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Welcome to the CrowdStrike Query Language community wiki!

CQL Tutorials

• CQL Primer: a comprehensive guide on using CQL.
• CQL Building Blocks: this is a list of common questions we've seen in the field. If you've ever wondered how to accomplish X to get to Y, this is likely the place to start.

Specific to Falcon data

• FLTR Setup and Configuration: this walks you through the initial setup and configuration of Falcon Long Term Repository, aka FLTR.
• Falcon Hunting and Investigations: ever wondered how to hunt through Falcon data using CQL? Start here.

Ingesting and parsing data

• FLC Basic Setup and Configuration: this walks you through a quick and easy setup of Falcon LogScale Collector.
• CrowdStrike Parsing Standard: this document describes the CrowdStrike Parsing Standard, aka CPS. This is the format used for parsers in Next-Gen SIEM.

Everything else

• Event Forwarding Playground: this is a end-to-end setup of a self-contained single-node cluster, designed to test the Event Forwarding functionality of a self-hosted LogScale deployment.
• Build a Kubernetes Cluster and LogScale Deployment: this is a lab exercise where you'll build a Kubernetes cluster, deploy LogScale, and optionally enable TLS. Please not that it requires a valid LogScale license.