Configure Audit Logs in Tyk Cloud

Introduction

Tyk Cloud provides comprehensive audit logging capabilities to track and monitor all administrative actions performed within your Tyk Dashboard. This feature is essential for compliance and security.

What are Audit Logs?

Audit logs capture detailed records of all requests made to endpoints under the /api route in your Tyk Dashboard. These logs include information about:

• User actions and administrative operations
• API changes and configurations
• Authentication and authorisation events
• System access and modifications
• Response status codes and timestamps

Enabling Audit Logs for Control Plane Deployments

How to Enable Audit Logging

1. Contact Your Account Manager: Audit logging must be enabled at the subscription level. Reach out to your Tyk account manager to add this feature to your plan.

2. Enable via Tyk Cloud UI: Once the feature is available in your subscription, you can enable audit logging directly from the Tyk Cloud console:

   • Navigate to your Control Plane deployment
   • Select Edit from the deployment options
   • Enable the Audit Logging option
   • Save and redeploy your Control Plane

Audit logs will be stored in your Control Plane’s database for easy access and management.

Viewing and Accessing Audit Logs

Once audit logging is enabled, you can retrieve the logs via the Tyk Dashboard API.

For details on the API endpoints and usage, see Retrieving Audit Logs via API.

Storage Size Caps

Tyk Cloud enforces audit log storage size caps based on your subscription terms:

• Storage Limits: A size cap is applied to audit logs based on your subscription plan
• Automatic Cleanup: When the storage limit is reached, the oldest logs are automatically removed to make space for new entries.