# Does ElasticSearch itself have access logs?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elasticsearch-itself-have-access-logs/270236>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 15, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elasticsearch-itself-have-access-logs/270236 "2021-04-15T12:52:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![asasas234](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asasas234/32/113152_2.png) [@asasas234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asasas234)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elasticsearch-itself-have-access-logs/270236/1 "2021-04-15T12:52:17Z")

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Does ElasticSearch have a feature similar to Tomcat access logs? So that I can see the history of requests at a specific time

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elasticsearch-itself-have-access-logs/270236/2 "2021-04-15T13:12:42Z")

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No, not that I am aware of.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elasticsearch-itself-have-access-logs/270236/3 "2021-04-15T13:25:23Z")

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You can activate audit logging: [Enable audit logging | Elasticsearch Guide [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.12/enable-audit-logging.html)

Or use the slow logs: [Slow Log | Elasticsearch Guide [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-modules-slowlog.html)

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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:** [May 13, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elasticsearch-itself-have-access-logs/270236/4 "2021-05-13T13:25:58Z")

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