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NAME         top

       slapo-accesslog - Access Logging overlay to slapd

SYNOPSIS         top

       ETCDIR/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION         top

       The Access Logging overlay can be used to record all accesses to
       a given backend database on another database. This allows all of
       the activity on a given database to be reviewed using arbitrary
       LDAP queries, instead of just logging to local flat text files.
       Configuration options are available for selecting a subset of
       operation types to log, and to automatically prune older log
       records from the logging database.  Log records are stored with
       audit schema (see below) to assure their readability whether
       viewed as LDIF or in raw form.

CONFIGURATION         top

       These slapd.conf options apply to the Access Logging overlay.
       They should appear after the overlay directive.

       logdb <suffix>
              Specify the suffix of a database to be used for storing
              the log records.  The specified database must be defined
              elsewhere in the configuration and must support an ordered
              return of results such as slapd-mdb(5) The access controls
              on the log database should prevent general access. The
              suffix entry of the log database will be created
              automatically by this overlay. The log entries will be
              generated as the immediate children of the suffix entry.

       logops <operations>
              Specify which types of operations to log. The valid
              operation types are abandon, add, bind, compare, delete,
              extended, modify, modrdn, search, and unbind. Aliases for
              common sets of operations are also available:

              writes add, delete, modify, modrdn

              reads  compare, search

              session
                     abandon, bind, unbind

              all    all operations

       logbase <operations> <baseDN>
              Specify a set of operations that will only be logged if
              they occur under a specific subtree of the database. The
              operation types are as above for the logops setting, and
              delimited by a '|' character.

       logold <filter>
              Specify a filter for matching against Deleted and Modified
              entries. If the entry matches the filter, the old contents
              of the entry will be logged along with the current
              request.

       logoldattr <attr> ...
              Specify a list of attributes whose old contents are always
              logged in Modify and ModRDN requests that match any of the
              filters configured in logold.  Usually only the contents
              of attributes that were actually modified will be logged;
              by default no old attributes are logged for ModRDN
              requests.

       logpurge <age> <interval>
              Specify the maximum age for log entries to be retained in
              the database, and how often to scan the database for old
              entries. Both the age and interval are specified as a time
              span in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. The time format
              is [ddd+]hh:mm[:ss] i.e., the days and seconds components
              are optional but hours and minutes are required. Except
              for days, which can be up to 5 digits, each numeric field
              must be exactly two digits. For example
                     logpurge 2+00:00 1+00:00
              would specify that the log database should be scanned
              every day for old entries, and entries older than two days
              should be deleted. When using a log database that supports
              ordered indexing on generalizedTime attributes, specifying
              an eq index on the reqStart attribute will greatly benefit
              the performance of the purge operation.

       logsuccess TRUE | FALSE
              If set to TRUE then log records will only be generated for
              successful requests, i.e., requests that produce a result
              code of 0 (LDAP_SUCCESS).  If FALSE, log records are
              generated for all requests whether they succeed or not.
              The default is FALSE.

EXAMPLES         top

            database mdb
            suffix dc=example,dc=com
            ...
            overlay accesslog
            logdb cn=log
            logops writes reads
            logbase search|compare ou=testing,dc=example,dc=com
            logold (objectclass=person)

            database mdb
            suffix cn=log
            ...
            index reqStart eq
            access to *
              by dn.base="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" read

SCHEMA         top

       The accesslog overlay utilizes the "audit" schema described
       herein.  This schema is specifically designed for accesslog
       auditing and is not intended to be used otherwise.  It is also
       noted that the schema described here is a work in progress, and
       hence subject to change without notice.  The schema is loaded
       automatically by the overlay.

       The schema includes a number of object classes and associated
       attribute types as described below.

       The root entry of the underlying accesslog database makes use of
       the auditContainer class which is as follows:

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.0
               NAME 'auditContainer'
               DESC 'AuditLog container'
               SUP top STRUCTURAL
               MAY ( cn $ reqStart $ reqEnd ) )

       There is a basic auditObject class from which two additional
       classes, auditReadObject and auditWriteObject are derived. Object
       classes for each type of LDAP operation are further derived from
       these classes. This object class hierarchy is designed to allow
       flexible yet efficient searches of the log based on either a
       specific operation type's class, or on more general
       classifications. The definition of the auditObject class is as
       follows:

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.1
               NAME 'auditObject'
               DESC 'OpenLDAP request auditing'
               SUP top STRUCTURAL
               MUST ( reqStart $ reqType $ reqSession )
               MAY ( reqDN $ reqAuthzID $ reqControls $ reqRespControls
           $
                   reqEnd $ reqResult $ reqMessage $ reqReferral $
           reqEntryUUID ) )

       Note that all of the OIDs used in the logging schema currently
       reside under the OpenLDAP Experimental branch. It is anticipated
       that they will migrate to a Standard branch in the future.

       An overview of the attributes follows: reqStart and reqEnd
       provide the start and end time of the operation, respectively.
       They use generalizedTime syntax. The reqStart attribute is also
       used as the RDN for each log entry.

       The reqType attribute is a simple string containing the type of
       operation being logged, e.g.  add, delete, search, etc. For
       extended operations, the type also includes the OID of the
       extended operation, e.g.  extended(1.1.1.1)

       The reqSession attribute is an implementation-specific identifier
       that is common to all the operations associated with the same
       LDAP session. Currently this is slapd's internal connection ID,
       stored in decimal.

       The reqDN attribute is the distinguishedName of the target of the
       operation. E.g., for a Bind request, this is the Bind DN. For an
       Add request, this is the DN of the entry being added. For a
       Search request, this is the base DN of the search.

       The reqAuthzID attribute is the distinguishedName of the user
       that performed the operation.  This will usually be the same name
       as was established at the start of a session by a Bind request
       (if any) but may be altered in various circumstances.

       The reqControls and reqRespControls attributes carry any controls
       sent by the client on the request and returned by the server in
       the response, respectively. The attribute values are just
       uninterpreted octet strings.

       The reqResult attribute is the numeric LDAP result code of the
       operation, indicating either success or a particular LDAP error
       code. An error code may be accompanied by a text error message
       which will be recorded in the reqMessage attribute.

       The reqReferral attribute carries any referrals that were
       returned with the result of the request.

       The reqEntryUUID attribute records the entryUUID attribute of the
       entry operated on, for an Add request, this is the entryUUID of
       the newly created entry.

       Operation-specific classes are defined with additional attributes
       to carry all of the relevant parameters associated with the
       operation:

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.4
               NAME 'auditAbandon'
               DESC 'Abandon operation'
               SUP auditObject STRUCTURAL
               MUST reqId )

       For the Abandon operation the reqId attribute contains the
       message ID of the request that was abandoned.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.5
               NAME 'auditAdd'
               DESC 'Add operation'
               SUP auditWriteObject STRUCTURAL
               MUST reqMod )

       The Add class inherits from the auditWriteObject class. The Add
       and Modify classes are very similar. The reqMod attribute carries
       all of the attributes of the original entry being added.  (Or in
       the case of a Modify operation, all of the modifications being
       performed.) The values are formatted as
              attribute:<+|-|=|#> [ value]
       Where '+' indicates an Add of a value, '-' for Delete, '=' for
       Replace, and '#' for Increment. In an Add operation, all of the
       reqMod values will have the '+' designator.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.6
               NAME 'auditBind'
               DESC 'Bind operation'
               SUP auditObject STRUCTURAL
               MUST ( reqVersion $ reqMethod ) )

       The Bind class includes the reqVersion attribute which contains
       the LDAP protocol version specified in the Bind as well as the
       reqMethod attribute which contains the Bind Method used in the
       Bind. This will be the string SIMPLE for LDAP Simple Binds or
       SASL(<mech>) for SASL Binds.  Note that unless configured as a
       global overlay, only Simple Binds using DNs that reside in the
       current database will be logged.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.7
               NAME 'auditCompare'
               DESC 'Compare operation'
               SUP auditObject STRUCTURAL
               MUST reqAssertion )

       For the Compare operation the reqAssertion attribute carries the
       Attribute Value Assertion used in the compare request.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.8
               NAME 'auditDelete'
               DESC 'Delete operation'
               SUP auditWriteObject STRUCTURAL
               MAY reqOld )

       The Delete operation needs no further parameters. However, the
       reqOld attribute may optionally be used to record the contents of
       the entry prior to its deletion. The values are formatted as
              attribute: value
       The reqOld attribute is only populated if the entry being deleted
       matches the configured logold filter.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.9
               NAME 'auditModify'
               DESC 'Modify operation'
               SUP auditWriteObject STRUCTURAL
               MAY ( reqOld $ reqMod ) )

       The Modify operation contains a description of modifications in
       the reqMod attribute, which was already described above in the
       Add operation. It may optionally contain the previous contents of
       any modified attributes in the reqOld attribute, using the same
       format as described above for the Delete operation.  The reqOld
       attribute is only populated if the entry being modified matches
       the configured logold filter.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.10
               NAME 'auditModRDN'
               DESC 'ModRDN operation'
               SUP auditWriteObject STRUCTURAL
               MUST ( reqNewRDN $ reqDeleteOldRDN )
               MAY ( reqNewSuperior $ reqMod $ reqOld ) )

       The ModRDN class uses the reqNewRDN attribute to carry the new
       RDN of the request.  The reqDeleteOldRDN attribute is a Boolean
       value showing TRUE if the old RDN was deleted from the entry, or
       FALSE if the old RDN was preserved.  The reqNewSuperior attribute
       carries the DN of the new parent entry if the request specified
       the new parent.  The reqOld attribute is only populated if the
       entry being modified matches the configured logold filter and
       contains attributes in the logoldattr list.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.11
               NAME 'auditSearch'
               DESC 'Search operation'
               SUP auditReadObject STRUCTURAL
               MUST ( reqScope $ reqDerefAliases $ reqAttrsOnly )
               MAY ( reqFilter $ reqAttr $ reqEntries $ reqSizeLimit $
                     reqTimeLimit ) )

       For the Search class the reqScope attribute contains the scope of
       the original search request, using the values specified for the
       LDAP URL format. I.e.  base, one, sub, or subord.  The
       reqDerefAliases attribute is one of never, finding, searching, or
       always, denoting how aliases will be processed during the search.
       The reqAttrsOnly attribute is a Boolean value showing TRUE if
       only attribute names were requested, or FALSE if attributes and
       their values were requested.  The reqFilter attribute carries the
       filter used in the search request.  The reqAttr attribute lists
       the requested attributes if specific attributes were requested.
       The reqEntries attribute is the integer count of how many entries
       were returned by this search request.  The reqSizeLimit and
       reqTimeLimit attributes indicate what limits were requested on
       the search operation.

           (  1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.11.5.2.12
               NAME 'auditExtended'
               DESC 'Extended operation'
               SUP auditObject STRUCTURAL
               MAY reqData )

       The Extended class represents an LDAP Extended Operation. As
       noted above, the actual OID of the operation is included in the
       reqType attribute of the parent class. If any optional data was
       provided with the request, it will be contained in the reqData
       attribute as an uninterpreted octet string.

NOTES         top

       The Access Log implemented by this overlay may be used for a
       variety of other tasks, e.g. as a ChangeLog for a replication
       mechanism, as well as for security/audit logging purposes.

FILES         top

       ETCDIR/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

SEE ALSO         top

       slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       This module was written in 2005 by Howard Chu of Symas
       Corporation.

COLOPHON         top

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