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Audit log field reference
This page contains descriptions for all audit log fields.
Common attributes
The following attributes are logged for all event categories, independent of the layer.
Name | Description |
audit_format_version | The audit log message format version. |
audit_category | The audit log category. FAILED_LOGIN, MISSING_PRIVILEGES, BAD_HEADERS, SSL_EXCEPTION, OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_INDEX_ATTEMPT, AUTHENTICATED, or GRANTED_PRIVILEGES. |
audit_node_id | The ID of the node where the event was generated. |
audit_node_name | The name of the node where the event was generated. |
audit_node_host_address | The host address of the node where the event was generated. |
audit_node_host_name | The host name of the node where the event was generated. |
audit_request_layer | The layer on which the event has been generated, either TRANSPORT or REST. |
audit_request_origin | The layer from which the event originated, either TRANSPORT or REST. |
audit_request_effective_user_is_admin | True if the request was made with a TLS admin certificate, otherwise false. |
REST FAILED_LOGIN attributes
Name | Description |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_rest_request_path | The REST endpoint URI. |
audit_rest_request_params | The HTTP request parameters, if any. |
audit_rest_request_headers | The HTTP headers, if any. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
REST AUTHENTICATED attributes
Name | Description |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_rest_request_path | The REST endpoint URI. |
audit_rest_request_params | The HTTP request parameters, if any. |
audit_rest_request_headers | The HTTP headers, if any. |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
REST SSL_EXCEPTION attributes
Name | Description |
audit_request_exception_stacktrace | The stack trace of the SSL exception. |
Name | Description |
audit_rest_request_path | The REST endpoint URI. |
audit_rest_request_params | The HTTP request parameters, if any. |
audit_rest_request_headers | The HTTP headers, if any. |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
Transport FAILED_LOGIN attributes
Name | Description |
audit_trace_task_id | The ID of the request. |
audit_transport_headers | The headers of the request, if any. |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_transport_request_type | The type of request (e.g. IndexRequest ). |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
audit_trace_indices | The index name(s) included in the request. Can contain wildcards, date patterns, and aliases. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_resolved_indices | The resolved index name(s) affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_doc_types | The document types affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
Transport AUTHENTICATED attributes
Name | Description |
audit_trace_task_id | The ID of the request. |
audit_transport_headers | The headers of the request, if any. |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_transport_request_type | The type of request (e.g. IndexRequest ). |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
audit_trace_indices | The index name(s) included in the request. Can contain wildcards, date patterns, and aliases. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_resolved_indices | The resolved index name(s) affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_doc_types | The document types affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
Transport MISSING_PRIVILEGES attributes
Name | Description |
audit_trace_task_id | The ID of the request. |
audit_trace_task_parent_id | The parent ID of this request, if any. |
audit_transport_headers | The headers of the request, if any. |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_transport_request_type | The type of request (e.g. IndexRequest ). |
audit_request_privilege | The required privilege of the request (e.g. indices:data/read/search ). |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
audit_trace_indices | The index name(s) included in the request. Can contain wildcards, date patterns, and aliases. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_resolved_indices | The resolved index name(s) affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_doc_types | The document types affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
Transport GRANTED_PRIVILEGES attributes
Name | Description |
audit_trace_task_id | The ID of the request. |
audit_trace_task_parent_id | The parent ID of this request, if any. |
audit_transport_headers | The headers of the request, if any. |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_transport_request_type | The type of request (e.g. IndexRequest ). |
audit_request_privilege | The required privilege of the request (e.g. indices:data/read/search ). |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
audit_trace_indices | The index name(s) included in the request. Can contain wildcards, date patterns, and aliases. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_resolved_indices | The resolved index name(s) affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_doc_types | The document types affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
Transport SSL_EXCEPTION attributes
Name | Description |
audit_request_exception_stacktrace | The stack trace of the SSL exception. |
Name | Description |
audit_trace_task_id | The ID of the request. |
audit_trace_task_parent_id | The parent ID of this request, if any. |
audit_transport_headers | The headers of the request, if any. |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_transport_request_type | The type of request (e.g. IndexRequest ). |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
audit_trace_indices | The index name(s) included in the request. Can contain wildcards, date patterns, and aliases. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_resolved_indices | The resolved index name(s) affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_doc_types | The document types affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
Transport opensearch_SECURITY_INDEX_ATTEMPT attributes
Name | Description |
audit_trace_task_id | The ID of the request. |
audit_transport_headers | The headers of the request, if any. |
audit_request_effective_user | The username that failed to authenticate. |
audit_request_initiating_user | The user that initiated the request. Only logged if it differs from the effective user. |
audit_transport_request_type | The type of request (e.g. IndexRequest ). |
audit_request_body | The HTTP request body, if any (and if request body logging is enabled). |
audit_trace_indices | The index name(s) included in the request. Can contain wildcards, date patterns, and aliases. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_resolved_indices | The resolved index name(s) affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |
audit_trace_doc_types | The document types affected by the request. Only logged if resolve_indices is true. |