Access Approval audit logging information

This document describes audit logging for Access Approval. Google Cloud services write audit logs that record administrative activities and accesses within your Google Cloud resources. For an overview of audit logs with information about the different types of audit logs, see Cloud Audit Logs overview.

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Service name

Access Approval audit logs use the service name accessapproval.googleapis.com.

Methods by permission type

Methods that check DATA_READ, DATA_WRITE, and ADMIN_READ permission types are Data Access audit logs. Methods that check ADMIN_WRITE permission types are Admin Activity audit logs.

Permission type Methods
ADMIN_WRITE google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.ApproveApprovalRequest
google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DeleteAccessApprovalSettings
google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DismissApprovalRequest
google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.InvalidateApprovalRequest
google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.UpdateAccessApprovalSettings

Audit logs per API interface

For information about which permissions are evaluated and how for each method, see the Identity and Access Management documentation for Access Approval.

google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval

Details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.

google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.ApproveApprovalRequest

  • Method: google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.ApproveApprovalRequest
  • Audit log Type: Admin Activity
  • Permissions:
    • accessapproval.requests.approve - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.ApproveApprovalRequest"

google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DeleteAccessApprovalSettings

  • Method: google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DeleteAccessApprovalSettings
  • Audit log Type: Admin Activity
  • Permissions:
    • accessapproval.settings.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DeleteAccessApprovalSettings"

google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DismissApprovalRequest

  • Method: google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DismissApprovalRequest
  • Audit log Type: Admin Activity
  • Permissions:
    • accessapproval.requests.dismiss - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DismissApprovalRequest"

google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.InvalidateApprovalRequest

  • Method: google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.InvalidateApprovalRequest
  • Audit log Type: Admin Activity
  • Permissions:
    • accessapproval.requests.invalidate - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.InvalidateApprovalRequest"

google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.UpdateAccessApprovalSettings

  • Method: google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.UpdateAccessApprovalSettings
  • Audit log Type: Admin Activity
  • Permissions:
    • accessapproval.settings.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.UpdateAccessApprovalSettings"

Methods that don't produce audit logs

Generally methods don't produce audit logs because they are high volume and doing so would be very expensive, or because the method has low auditing value, or because another audit or platform log already provides coverage for what the method does.

The following methods don't produce audit logs:

  • google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.GetAccessApprovalServiceAccount
  • google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.GetAccessApprovalSettings
  • google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.GetApprovalRequest
  • google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.ListApprovalRequests