Administrator's Guide
3. Enter new values for each of the keys you want to modify.
4. Do one of the following:
• To save your changes and close the dialog box, click Apply.
• To close the dialog box without saving changes, click Cancel.
3.8 Audit log screen
3.8.1 About the audit Log
The audit log is available through both the controller GUI and the REST API, and records events
related to activities, operations, and configuration changes initiated by an authorized user. This
includes activities such as:
• Installing an application (or starting, stopping, uninstalling an application)
• Modification to a components configuration
• Installing a license
• Forming a controller team
Audit log and controller teams
When controllers are operating in a team, the audit log shows events for all controllers in the team.
3.8.1.1 About audit log policies
The values for the AuditLogManager component keys determine the alert age-out policies. The
following table describes the keys for the AuditLogManager component
(com.hp.sdn.adm.auditlog.impl.AuditLogManager).
DescriptionDefault ValueKey
Specifies the number of days to retain a log entry. Use this key to implement
your record retention policy.
365trim.auditlog.age
Data type A number from 31 through 1825.
truetrim.enabled true Specifies that the controller deletes log entries that have
exceeded the trim.auditlog.age limit.
false Specifies that the controller does not delete log entries that
have exceeded the trim.auditlog.age limit.
Specifies how often, in hours, the controller is to delete log entries that have
exceeded the trim.alert.age limit.
24trim.frequency
Data type A number from 8 through 168
Example Enter 24 to specify that the controller delete aged-out log
entries every 24 hours (once per day).
3.8.2 Audit Log screen details
DescriptionScreen component
Updates the log entries displayed on the screen. The controller does not update the
display as new entries are generated. Use this action to refresh the display.
Refresh
The user that performed the operation that triggered the log entryUser
A time stamp (in UTC format) indicating when the controller created the log entry.Occurred
The type of activity that triggered the creation of the log entry.Activity
The application or controller component that generated the log entry.Origin
32 Navigating the controller user interface