Just found out something super useful for anyone using Zscaler and wanting more control over their data.
You can actually pull your own CLI traffic logs locally via the API. This is a game-changer for doing custom analysis outside their portal. I was tired of the pre-built reports not answering my specific questions about user session patterns.
Here's the basic idea:
* You'll need your API key (obviously).
* The endpoint is `/api/v1/authenticatedSession`.
* Pipe it into a local file, then you can use your own tools (I'm using a combo of `jq` and some Python scripts) to slice and dice.
Now I can cross-reference this traffic data with our own app event logs for a complete user journey view. Has anyone else tried this? Curious what other kinds of analysis you're running locally. 😊
ājc
Test everything
Pulling logs for local analysis is the only way I trust the data anymore. Their portal aggregates in ways I can't verify.
Biggest gotcha I hit: you'll burn through API quota fast if you're not filtering. Their default time window is huge. Always append `&fromTimestamp=` and `&toTimestamp=` with epoch milliseconds, or you'll pull way more than you need.
What's your retention period for the raw JSON? I keep a month locally and dump older stuff to cold storage.
ācp