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SLF4J Logger

The SLF4J logger can be configured with Logback to produce various log file formats, including clear text log files.

The SLF4J logger is used by default. This can be configured explicitly with settings in the audit.yaml as follows.

logger_backend:
    - class_name: com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecaudit.logger.Slf4jAuditLogger

In the following sections you'll find examples on how to configure the SLF4J logger further.

Custom Log Message Format

To configure a custom log message format the following parameters can be configured in the audit.yaml file:

Parameter Description Default
log_format Parameterized log message formatting string, see examples below the "legacy" format, see README
time_format time formatter pattern, see examples below or DateTimeFormatter number of millis since EPOCH
time_zone the time zone id, see examples below or ZoneId system default

It is possible to configure a parameterized log message by providing a formatting string. The following fields are available:

Field Field Value Available In
CLIENT_IP Client IP address All Records (*1)
CLIENT_PORT Client port Query Records
USER Username of the authenticated user All Records
BATCH_ID Internal identifier shared by all statements in a batch operation Batch Query Records
STATUS Value is either ATTEMPT or FAILED All Records
OPERATION The CQL statement or a textual description of the operation All Records
OPERATION_NAKED The CQL statement or a textual description of the operation, without bound values appended to prepared statements All Records
TIMESTAMP The system timestamp of the request (*3) (*4) All Records
COORDINATOR_IP Coordinator IP address (host address) All Records
SUBJECT External user identity Authentication Records (*2)
  • (1) In ecAudit_c2.2 the CLIENT_IP will not be available in authentication records.
  • (2) Only provided by custom Authenticator implementations.
  • (3) This timestamp is more accurate than the Logback time (since that is written asynchronously). If this timestamp is used, then the Logback timestamp can be removed by reconfiguring the encoder pattern in logback.xml.
  • (4) It is possible to configure a custom display format.

Modify the audit.yaml configuration file. Field name goes between ${ and } (bash-style parameter substitution). Use the example below as a template to define the log message format.

logger_backend:
    - class_name: com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecaudit.logger.Slf4jAuditLogger
      parameters:
      - log_format: "client=${CLIENT_IP}, user=${USER}, status=${STATUS}, operation='${OPERATION}'"

Which will generate logs entries like this:

15:18:14.089 - client=127.0.0.1, user=cassandra, status=ATTEMPT, operation='SELECT * FROM students'

Conditional formatting of fields is also available, which makes it possible to only log the field value and its descriptive text only if a value exists, which can be useful for optional fields like BATCH_ID. Conditional fields and its associated text goes between {? and ?}. The example below use conditional formatting for the batch id to get different log messges depending on if the operation was part of a batch or not. Also the TIMESTAMP field have a custom time format configured.

logger_backend:
    - class_name: com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecaudit.logger.Slf4jAuditLogger
      parameters:
      - log_format: "${TIMESTAMP}-> client=${CLIENT_IP}, user=${USER}, status=${STATUS}, {?batch-id=${BATCH_ID}, ?}operation='${OPERATION}'"
        time_format: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"
        time_zone: UTC

Which will generate logs entries like this (assuming Logback pattern does not contain timestamp as well):

2019-02-28 15:18:14.089-> client=127.0.0.1, user=cassandra, status=ATTEMPT, operation='SELECT * FROM students'
2019-02-28 15:18:14.090-> client=127.0.0.1, user=cassandra, status=ATTEMPT, batch-id=6f3cae9b-f1f1-4a4c-baa2-ed168ee79f9d, operation='INSERT INTO ecks.ectbl (partk, clustk, value) VALUES (?, ?, ?)[1, '1', 'valid']'
2019-02-28 15:18:14.091-> client=127.0.0.1, user=cassandra, status=ATTEMPT, batch-id=6f3cae9b-f1f1-4a4c-baa2-ed168ee79f9d, operation='INSERT INTO ecks.ectbl (partk, clustk, value) VALUES (?, ?, ?)[2, '2', 'valid']'

Bound Value Suppressor

A bound value suppressor defining how column values should be logged for prepared statements. Using one of the non-default suppressors can be useful to avoid logging sensitive or less useful information, e.g. large blobs.

For more information about the available suppressors, see the audit.yaml reference documentation. The example below will suppress/hide blobs values from being logged.

bound_value_suppressor: SuppressBlobs

It is also possible to plugin a custom suppressor.

Configure Logback

When using the SLF4J logger, update the Cassandra logback.xml file to define path and rolling policy for generated audit logs. Add an appender and logger in your logback.xml configuration. The logger name of the audit records is ECAUDIT.

Tuning tips:

  • The asynchronous appender can improve or demote performance depending on your setup.
  • Compression on rolling files may impact performance significantly.
  • If you are logging large volumes of data, make sure your storage can keep up.

In the example snippet below, Logback is configured to use a rolling policy with a synchronous appender. Run performance tests on your workload to find out what settings works best for you.

<!--audit log-->
<appender name="AUDIT-FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
  <file>${cassandra.logdir}/audit/audit.log</file>
  <encoder>
    <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} - %msg%n</pattern>
    <immediateFlush>true</immediateFlush>
  </encoder>
  <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
    <fileNamePattern>${cassandra.logdir}/audit/audit.log.%i</fileNamePattern>
    <minIndex>1</minIndex>
    <maxIndex>5</maxIndex>
  </rollingPolicy>
  <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
    <maxFileSize>200MB</maxFileSize>
  </triggeringPolicy>
</appender>

<logger name="ECAUDIT" level="INFO" additivity="false">
  <appender-ref ref="AUDIT-FILE" />
</logger>

There are many ways to configure appenders with Logback. Refer to the official documentation for details.