The new audit log feature integrates the features of Log Service with ApsaraDB for MongoDB. The audit log feature allows you to filter log data, analyze logs online, and export logs. This helps you discover security and performance issues of your ApsaraDB for MongoDB instances at your earliest opportunity.
Prerequisites
Background information
Alibaba Cloud Log Service is an all-in-one service and has been used in big data analytics scenarios. Log Service allows you to collect, consume, ship, search, and analyze log data without the need for extra code resources. This service makes O&M more efficient ApsaraDB for MongoDB integrates the features of Log Service to provide the new audit log feature, which is characterized by stability, ease of use, flexibility, and high efficiency.
This topic describes how to enable the new audit log feature.
Notes
After you enable the new audit log feature, Log Service records operations on ApsaraDB for MongoDB instances in logs to facilitate troubleshooting.
Billing
The new audit log feature has two editions: trial and official.
- In the trial edition, audit logs can be stored for one day with a maximum storage capacity of 100 GB.
- The official version is charged based on the size of audit logs and retention period. The official version supports more features than the free trial version.