Audit Logging

An audit log can be best described as a simple log of changes, typically used for tracking temporal information. The eG manager can now be configured to create and maintain audit logs in the eG database, so that all key configuration changes to the eG Enterprise system, which have been effected via the eG user interface, are tracked.

The eG audit logs reveal critical change details such as what has changed, who did the change, and when the change occurred, so that administrators are able to quickly and accurately identify unauthorized accesses/modifications to the eG Enterprise system.

By default, audit logging is enabled. To disable the capability, follow the steps given below:

  • Login to the eG administrative interface.
  • Select the Manager option from the Settings tile.
  • Select the Auditing node from the manager settings panel.
  • In the right panel, set the Enable auditing flag to No.
  • Click the Update button to save the changes.

Subsequent to this, every configuration change that the user makes will be automatically logged in the database. In addtion, the eG manager can be configured to export the configuration changes to CSV file. To achieve this, do the following:

  • Edit the eg_services.ini file in the <EG_INSTALL_DIR>\manager\config directory.
  • In the [MISC_ARGS] section of the file, set the AllowAuditlogInCSV parameter to true. By default, this is set to false indicating that the configuration changes will be logged only in the database.
  • Save the file after making the required changes.

Once the above-mentioned settings are done, the configuration changes will be exported to a CSV file that will be available in the <EG_INSTALL_DIR>\manager\logs\auditlog folder.

The following sections deal with each one of these report types.