# Audit logging configuration via elasticsearch.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-logging-configuration-via-elasticsearch-yml/248357>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 11, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-logging-configuration-via-elasticsearch-yml/248357 "2020-09-11T16:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![itokai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/db5fbb/32.png) [@itokai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/itokai)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-logging-configuration-via-elasticsearch-yml/248357/1 "2020-09-11T16:08:38Z")

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Hi,  
started to configure amount of logging recently and figured out how to do it in log4j2.properties, like below basic example for testing:

```auto
    ######## Server JSON ############################ 
    appender.rolling.type = RollingFile 
    appender.rolling.name = rolling 
    appender.rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}_server.json 
    appender.rolling.layout.type = ESJsonLayout 
    appender.rolling.layout.type_name = server 
     
    appender.rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.json.gz 
    appender.rolling.policies.type = Policies 
    appender.rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy 
    appender.rolling.policies.time.interval = 1 
    appender.rolling.policies.time.modulate = true 
    appender.rolling.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy 
    appender.rolling.policies.size.size = 100KB 
    appender.rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy 
    appender.rolling.strategy.fileIndex = nomax 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.type = Delete 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.basepath = ${sys:es.logs.base_path} 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.type = IfFileName 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.glob = ${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}-* 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.type = IfAny 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.IfLastModified.type = IfLastModified 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.IfLastModified.age = 5m 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.IfAccumulatedFileCount.type = IfAccumulatedFileCount 
    appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.IfAccumulatedFileCount.exceeds = 3

```

However, found out that **audit logging** needs to be configured via _elasticsearch.yml_ once these are enabled  
xpack.security.enabled: true  
xpack.security.audit.enabled: true  
[https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-log-study/167613/8](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-log-study/167613/8)

How to configure **audit logging** in manners like presented above via log4j2 configuration?

Regards

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**Author:** ![itokai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/db5fbb/32.png) [@itokai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/itokai)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-logging-configuration-via-elasticsearch-yml/248357/2 "2020-09-18T07:31:08Z")

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any hint on audit logging config would be appreciated ❓

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-logging-configuration-via-elasticsearch-yml/248357/3 "2020-10-16T07:31:24Z")

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