Audit Logs

You can access request and database audit logs through the Admin API.

For usage examples, see Audit Logging in Kong Gateway.

List audit logs

List request audit logs

Endpoint

/audit/requests

Response

HTTP 200 OK

Example response generated for checking the /status endpoint without RBAC enabled:

{
    "data": [
        {
            "client_ip": "127.0.0.1",
            "method": "GET",
            "path": "/status",
            "payload": null,
            "rbac_user_id": null,
            "rbac_user_name": null,
            "removed_from_payload": null,
            "request_id": "OjOcUBvt6q6XJlX3dd6BSpy1uUkTyctC",
            "request_source": null,
            "request_timestamp": 1676424547,
            "signature": null,
            "status": 200,
            "ttl": 2591997,
            "workspace": "1065b6d6-219f-4002-b3e9-334fc3eff46c"
        }
    ],
    "total": 1
}

List database audit logs

Endpoint

/audit/objects

Response

HTTP 200 OK

Example response for a consumer creation log entry:

{
    "data": [
        {
            "dao_name": "consumers",
            "entity": "{\"created_at\":1542131418000,\"id\":\"16787ed7-d805-434a-9cec-5e5a3e5c9e4f\",\"username\":\"bob\",\"type\":0}",
            "entity_key": "16787ed7-d805-434a-9cec-5e5a3e5c9e4f",
            "expire": 1544723418009,
            "id": "7ebabee7-2b09-445d-bc1f-2092c4ddc4be",
            "operation": "create",
            "request_id": "59fpTWlpUtHJ0qnAWBzQRHRDv7i5DwK2"
        },
  ],
  "total": 1
}