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Version: 2.6

Activity log

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You must have the admin role assigned to view the following Settings pages in the UI:

  • LDAP Authentication
  • Access Control
  • Activity Log

The UI logs all user-driven interactions and resulting changes (including errors) to /var/log/wandisco/audit/ui. Use this to monitor user activity in Data Migrator.

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Only UI-driven actions are recorded in the activity log.

View the activity log from the UI​

  1. Select Settings.

  2. Select Activity log.

Activity log records

Data Migrator creates two audit records for each operation. For example, you see two audit records for each user sign-in:

  1. The first record shows that the sign-in method has been entered and shows the user assigned at that point. The user is anonymous because nobody is signed in yet.
  2. The second record shows that the sign-in method has returned.
    1. If sign-in was successful, it shows the user assigned at that point, which is the registered username.
    2. If sign-in was unsuccessful, it shows the anonymous user.

Default logging configuration​

File nameDirectory nameRotation periodRetention period
livedata_ui_audit.yyyy-MM-dd.log/var/log/wandisco/audit/uiDaily90 days
  • No activity log is created for days that have no UI activity.
  • You can't change the rotation period.

See UI - Logging to change the configuration.

Entry types​

There are three types of entries in the activity log:

  1. METHOD_ENTERED The user-driven action that was recorded.
  2. METHOD_RETURNED The user-driven change as a result of the action.
  3. METHOD_EXCEPTION Any exception/error that occurred as a result of the action.

Entry contents​

For each entry, the following is recorded:

  • The timestamp of the action.
  • Who performed the action.
  • What type of entry it is.
  • The action data depending on the type of entry:
    • METHOD_ENTERED The data used to take the action.
    • METHOD_RETURNED The result of the action.
    • METHOD_EXCEPTION The contents of the exception thrown.

Entry examples​

METHOD_ENTERED​

Example of a user sign-in request
2021-04-28 14:22:49,377 [livedata-ui-async-task-4525] AuditEvent [timestamp=2021-04-28T14:22:49.376Z, principal=anonymousUser, type=METHOD_ENTERED, data={args=[LoginVM{username='user@localhost.com', rememberMe=null}], operation=Logged In}]

METHOD_RETURNED​

Example result of user sign-in request
2021-04-28 14:22:49,529 [livedata-ui-async-task-4505] AuditEvent [timestamp=2021-04-28T14:22:49.529Z, principal=user@localhost.com, type=METHOD_RETURNED, data={operation=Logged In, methodResultData=<200 OK OK,com.wandisco.oneui.web.rest.UserJWTController$JWTToken@60c2fe20,[Authorization:"Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1c2VyQGxvY2FsaG9zdC5jb20iLCJhdXRoIjoiUk9MRV9BRE1JTiIsImV4cCI6MTYxOTc5MjU2OX0.3HvgOb82_UpEk_Yy-nWrvEXyU71pubM5EZKR_MgskViAJdflASzsLH5rqr2fmHgGLTMiMWIxRabJWKYt7Hz9aQ"]>}]

METHOD_EXCEPTION​

Example of a failed user sign-in request
2021-04-29 16:16:46,656 [livedata-ui-async-task-5360] AuditEvent [timestamp=2021-04-29T16:16:46.655Z, principal=anonymousUser, type=METHOD_EXCEPTION, data={exception=/fusion{401, EMAIL_OR_PASSWORD_INCORRECT, i18nParams={}}, operation=Logged In}]

Redaction policy​

By default, all sensitive information (such as passwords and filesystem access keys) are redacted in the entries.