Viewing Audit Logs

After you enable CTS, it records key operations performed on IAM. You can view the operation records of the last 7 days on the CTS console.

Viewing IAM Audit Logs

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click Service List in the upper part of the page and choose Cloud Trace Service under Management & Deployment.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Trace List.

  4. Click Filter in the upper right corner of the trace list to set filter conditions.

    The following filters are available:

    • Trace Source, Resource Type, and Search By

      • Select a filter criteria from the drop-down list. Specifically, select IAM from the Trace Source drop-down list.

      • If you select Trace name for Search By, select a trace name.

      • If you select Resource ID for Search By, select or enter a resource ID.

      • If you select Resource name for Search By, select or enter a resource name.

    • Operator: Select an operator (a user rather than domain).

    • Trace Status: Available options include All trace statuses, normal, incident, and warning.

    • Specify the start time and end time for querying traces.

  5. Click Query.

  6. Expand the details of a trace, as shown in Figure 1.

    **Figure 1** Expanding trace details

    Figure 1 Expanding trace details

  7. Click View Trace in the Operation column. In the View Trace dialog box as shown in Figure 2, the trace details are displayed.

    **Figure 2** Viewing a trace

    Figure 2 Viewing a trace