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---
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layout: api
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page_title: /sys/audit - HTTP API
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description: The `/sys/audit` endpoint is used to enable and disable audit devices.
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---
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# `/sys/audit`
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The `/sys/audit` endpoint is used to list, enable, and disable audit devices.
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Audit devices must be enabled before use, and more than one device may be
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enabled at a time.
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## List Enabled Audit Devices
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This endpoint lists only the enabled audit devices (it does not list all
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available audit devices).
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- **`sudo` required** – This endpoint requires `sudo` capability in addition to
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any path-specific capabilities.
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| Method | Path |
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| :----- | :----------- |
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| `GET` | `/sys/audit` |
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/audit
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```
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### Sample Response
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```javascript
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{
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"file": {
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"type": "file",
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"description": "Store logs in a file",
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"options": {
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"file_path": "/var/log/vault.log"
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}
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}
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}
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```
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## Enable Audit Device
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This endpoint enables a new audit device at the supplied path. The path can be a
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single word name or a more complex, nested path.
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- **`sudo` required** – This endpoint requires `sudo` capability in addition to
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any path-specific capabilities.
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| Method | Path |
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| :----- | :----------------- |
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| `POST` | `/sys/audit/:path` |
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### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the path in which to enable the audit
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device. This is part of the request URL.
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- `description` `(string: "")` – Specifies a human-friendly description of the
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audit device.
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- `options` `(map<string|string>: nil)` – Specifies configuration options to pass to the audit device itself.
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For more details, please see the relevant page for an audit device `type`, under [Audit Devices docs](/vault/docs/audit).
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- `type` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the type of the audit device.
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Valid types are `file`, `socket` and `syslog`.
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Additionally, the following options are allowed in Vault open-source, but
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relevant functionality is only supported in Vault Enterprise:
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- `local` `(bool: false)` – Specifies if the audit device is local within the cluster only. Local
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audit devices are not replicated nor (if a secondary) removed by replication.
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### Sample Payload
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```json
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{
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"type": "file",
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"options": {
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"file_path": "/var/log/vault/log"
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}
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}
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```
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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--request POST \
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--data @payload.json \
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http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/audit/example-audit
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```
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## Disable Audit Device
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This endpoint disables the audit device at the given path.
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- **`sudo` required** – This endpoint requires `sudo` capability in addition to
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any path-specific capabilities.
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| Method | Path |
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| :------- | :----------------- |
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| `DELETE` | `/sys/audit/:path` |
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### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the path of the audit device to
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delete. This is part of the request URL.
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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--request DELETE \
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http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/audit/example-audit
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```
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