Audit source (source_type=audit), off until enabled in Settings > Sources:
- follows /var/log/audit/audit.log (path configurable, AUDIT_LOG), with
rotation (end of audit.log.1 read first) and an offset checkpoint in
/data/audit-state.json; last AUDIT_BACKFILL (1h) read on first enable
- groups the records of an event by msg=audit(time:serial), closed on EOE,
after 2 s without a record, or once the log has moved 2 s past it
- fields audit_type, audit_serial, auid, user (enriched name, host
/etc/passwd or uid), exe, res, key, audit_raw; app = audit_type, host =
node= / AUDIT_HOST / /host/etc/hostname; summary "who: what [key] →
result"; warning when res=failed / success=no, info otherwise
- hexadecimal values (proctitle, cmd, exec arguments…) decoded
Internal logs (source_type=logstream, host=logstream, app=component):
- logEvent() for VictoriaLogs unreachable / back, lost batches, spooled
batches refused, syslog listener errors, Docker API and container
streams lost, failing sources, start and stop
- on by default from warning; switch and minimum level in Settings >
Sources (/data/selflog.json)
- bounded queue, never waits for the Store, same event at most once per
30 s with a count of the repeats: a failing Store cannot loop
UI: violet (audit) and turquoise (LogStream) left edge and tint, AUDIT /
LS badge before the app, raw audit record under the summary (folded in
compact density until the row is opened), Audit and LogStream in the
source filter, FR/EN translations. docker-compose: optional
/var/log/audit, /etc/passwd and /etc/hostname mounts. README (EN/FR):
host prerequisites (log_group, ACL for UID 10001).
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New source in Settings > Sources, off by default: reads the kernel ring
buffer of the host through /dev/kmsg, dates records from the boot time and
resumes after the last sequence number of the same boot (no duplicates on
restart). Missing device or denied access is shown in the UI, retried every
10 s. docker-compose.yml and .env.example document the device and the
kernel.dmesg_restrict / CAP_SYSLOG options.
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