Enable an audit trail

Billing

When you enable an audit trail, log data is stored in Log Service (SLS) on the public cloud and incurs additional charges. For more information about billing, see Billing overview.

Usage notes

• In the Cloud Box console, you can enable audit trails only for the traffic manifest and release change types. For more information, see Audit overview.

• By default, log data is retained for 90 days after you enable an audit trail. You can adjust this period. To do so, see Manage a Logstore.

Prerequisites

You have activated Log Service (SLS). For more information, see Storage resource hierarchy.

Procedure

1. Go to the Cloud Box List tab on the Cloud Box page.

   1. Log on to the ECS console.

   2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > CloudBox.

   3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.

   4. Click the Cloud Boxes tab.

   5. Find the target Cloud Box and click its Cloud Box ID to open the details page.

2. On the Cloud Box details page, click the Audit > Trail tab.

3. For a specific Trail type, click the toggle switch in the Trail status column.

   When the trail status is , the cluster log collection feature is enabled.

   Important

   When you enable or disable the audit trail feature, this setting is automatically synchronized across all your Cloud Box instances.

   

4. (Optional) In the Retention period column, click the icon to open the Log Service (SLS) console, where you can adjust the retention period and view log details.

   For more information, see Modify a Logstore configuration.

   

Related documents

You can perform the following operations in the Log Service (SLS) console:

• Query logs: Search for specific information in your logs.

• Analyze logs: Analyze log data to identify patterns and trends.

• Download logs: Download logs for offline analysis or archiving.

For more information, see Query and Analyze.