Certificate Manager audit logging

This document describes audit logging for Certificate Manager. Google Cloud services write audit logs that record administrative activities and accesses within your Google Cloud resources. For more information, see Cloud Audit Logs overview.

This page was last generated on 2024-05-21 17:57:08 UTC.

Service name

Certificate Manager audit logs use the service name certificatemanager.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_READ	google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificate google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateIssuanceConfig google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMap google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMapEntry google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetDnsAuthorization google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetTrustConfig google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateIssuanceConfigs google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMapEntries google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMaps google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificates google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListDnsAuthorizations google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListTrustConfigs google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations
ADMIN_WRITE	google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificate google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateIssuanceConfig google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMap google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMapEntry google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateDnsAuthorization google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateTrustConfig google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificate google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateIssuanceConfig google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMap google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMapEntry google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteDnsAuthorization google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteTrustConfig google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificate google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMap google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMapEntry google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateDnsAuthorization google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateTrustConfig google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation google.longrunning.Operations.DeleteOperation

Permission type

Methods

ADMIN_READ

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificate
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateIssuanceConfig
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMap
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMapEntry
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetDnsAuthorization
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetTrustConfig
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateIssuanceConfigs
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMapEntries
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMaps
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificates
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListDnsAuthorizations
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListTrustConfigs
google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation
google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations

ADMIN_WRITE

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificate
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateIssuanceConfig
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMap
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMapEntry
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateDnsAuthorization
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateTrustConfig
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificate
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateIssuanceConfig
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMap
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMapEntry
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteDnsAuthorization
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteTrustConfig
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificate
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMap
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMapEntry
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateDnsAuthorization
google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateTrustConfig
google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation
google.longrunning.Operations.DeleteOperation

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 Certificate Manager.

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager

Details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificate

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificate
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certs.create - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificate"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateIssuanceConfig

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateIssuanceConfig
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.create - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateIssuanceConfig"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMap

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMap
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmaps.create - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMap"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMapEntry

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMapEntry
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmapentries.create - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateCertificateMapEntry"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateDnsAuthorization

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateDnsAuthorization
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.create - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateDnsAuthorization"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateTrustConfig

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateTrustConfig
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.trustconfigs.create - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.CreateTrustConfig"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificate

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificate
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certs.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificate"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateIssuanceConfig

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateIssuanceConfig
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateIssuanceConfig"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMap

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMap
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmaps.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMap"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMapEntry

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMapEntry
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmapentries.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteCertificateMapEntry"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteDnsAuthorization

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteDnsAuthorization
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteDnsAuthorization"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteTrustConfig

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteTrustConfig
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.trustconfigs.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.DeleteTrustConfig"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificate

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificate
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certs.get - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificate"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateIssuanceConfig

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateIssuanceConfig
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.get - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateIssuanceConfig"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMap

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMap
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmaps.get - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMap"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMapEntry

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMapEntry
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmapentries.get - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetCertificateMapEntry"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetDnsAuthorization

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetDnsAuthorization
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.get - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetDnsAuthorization"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetTrustConfig

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetTrustConfig
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.trustconfigs.get - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.GetTrustConfig"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateIssuanceConfigs

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateIssuanceConfigs
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.list - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateIssuanceConfigs"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMapEntries

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMapEntries
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmapentries.list - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMapEntries"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMaps

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMaps
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmaps.list - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificateMaps"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificates

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificates
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certs.list - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListCertificates"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListDnsAuthorizations

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListDnsAuthorizations
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.list - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListDnsAuthorizations"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListTrustConfigs

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListTrustConfigs
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.trustconfigs.list - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.ListTrustConfigs"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificate

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificate
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certs.update - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificate"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMap

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMap
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmaps.update - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMap"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMapEntry

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMapEntry
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.certmapentries.update - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateCertificateMapEntry"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateDnsAuthorization

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateDnsAuthorization
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.update - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateDnsAuthorization"

google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateTrustConfig

Method: google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateTrustConfig
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.trustconfigs.update - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: Long Running Operation
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.certificatemanager.v1.CertificateManager.UpdateTrustConfig"

google.longrunning.Operations

Details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.longrunning.Operations.

google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation

Method: google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.operations.cancel - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation"

google.longrunning.Operations.DeleteOperation

Method: google.longrunning.Operations.DeleteOperation
Audit log Type: Admin Activity
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.operations.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.longrunning.Operations.DeleteOperation"

google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation

Method: google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.operations.get - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation"

google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations

Method: google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations
Audit log Type: Data Access
Permissions:
- certificatemanager.operations.list - ADMIN_READ
Method is a Long Running Operation or Streaming: No.
Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations"

Available audit logs

The following types of audit logs are available for Public Certificate Authority:

Admin Activity audit logs

Includes "admin write" operations that write metadata or configuration information.

You can't disable Admin Activity audit logs.
Data Access audit logs

Includes "admin read" operations that read metadata or configuration information.

To receive Data Access audit logs, you must explicitly enable them.

For fuller descriptions of the audit log types, see Types of audit logs.

Audit log format

Audit log entries include the following objects:

The log entry itself, which is an object of type LogEntry. Useful fields include the following:
- The logName contains the resource ID and audit log type.
- The resource contains the target of the audited operation.
- The timeStamp contains the time of the audited operation.
- The protoPayload contains the audited information.
The audit logging data, which is an AuditLog object held in the protoPayload field of the log entry.
Optional service-specific audit information, which is a service-specific object. For earlier integrations, this object is held in the serviceData field of the AuditLog object; later integrations use the metadata field.

For other fields in these objects, and how to interpret them, review Understand audit logs.

Log name

Cloud Audit Logs log names include resource identifiers indicating the Google Cloud project or other Google Cloud entity that owns the audit logs, and whether the log contains Admin Activity, Data Access, Policy Denied, or System Event audit logging data.

The following are the audit log names, including variables for the resource identifiers:

   projects/PROJECT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Factivity
   projects/PROJECT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fdata_access
   projects/PROJECT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fsystem_event
   projects/PROJECT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fpolicy

   folders/FOLDER_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Factivity
   folders/FOLDER_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fdata_access
   folders/FOLDER_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fsystem_event
   folders/FOLDER_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fpolicy

   billingAccounts/BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Factivity
   billingAccounts/BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fdata_access
   billingAccounts/BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fsystem_event
   billingAccounts/BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fpolicy

   organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Factivity
   organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fdata_access
   organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fsystem_event
   organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fpolicy

Enable audit logging

Admin Activity audit logs are always enabled; you can't disable them.

Data Access audit logs are disabled by default and aren't written unless explicitly enabled (the exception is Data Access audit logs for BigQuery, which can't be disabled).

For information about enabling some or all of your Data Access audit logs, see Enable Data Access audit logs.

View audit logs

You can query for all audit logs or you can query for logs by their audit log name. The audit log name includes the resource identifier of the Google Cloud project, folder, billing account, or organization for which you want to view audit logging information. Your queries can specify indexed LogEntry fields, and if you use the Log Analytics page, which supports SQL queries, then you can view your query results as a chart.

For more information about querying your logs, see the following pages:

You can view audit logs in Cloud Logging by using the Google Cloud console, the Google Cloud CLI, or the Logging API.

Console

In the Google Cloud console, you can use the Logs Explorer to retrieve your audit log entries for your Google Cloud project, folder, or organization:

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Logs Explorer page:
Go to Logs Explorer

If you use the search bar to find this page, then select the result whose subheading is Logging.
Select an existing Google Cloud project, folder, or organization.
To display all audit logs, enter either of the following queries into the query-editor field, and then click Run query:
```
logName:"cloudaudit.googleapis.com"
```
```
protoPayload."@type"="type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.audit.AuditLog"
```
To display the audit logs for a specific resource and audit log type, in the Query builder pane, do the following:
- In Resource type, select the Google Cloud resource whose audit logs you want to see.
- In Log name, select the audit log type that you want to see:
  - For Admin Activity audit logs, select activity.
  - For Data Access audit logs, select data_access.
  - For System Event audit logs, select system_event.
  - For Policy Denied audit logs, select policy.
- Click Run query.
If you don't see these options, then there aren't any audit logs of that type available in the Google Cloud project, folder, or organization.

If you're experiencing issues when trying to view logs in the Logs Explorer, see the troubleshooting information.

For more information about querying by using the Logs Explorer, see Build queries in the Logs Explorer. For information about summarizing log entries in the Logs Explorer by using Gemini, see Summarize log entries with Gemini assistance.

gcloud

The Google Cloud CLI provides a command-line interface to the Logging API. Supply a valid resource identifier in each of the log names. For example, if your query includes a PROJECT_ID, then the project identifier you supply must refer to the currently selected Google Cloud project.

To read your Google Cloud project-level audit log entries, run the following command:

gcloud logging read "logName : projects/PROJECT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com" \
    --project=PROJECT_ID

To read your folder-level audit log entries, run the following command:

gcloud logging read "logName : folders/FOLDER_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com" \
    --folder=FOLDER_ID

To read your organization-level audit log entries, run the following command:

gcloud logging read "logName : organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com" \
    --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID

To read your Cloud Billing account-level audit log entries, run the following command:

gcloud logging read "logName : billingAccounts/BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com" \
    --billing-account=BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID

Add the --freshness flag to your command to read logs that are more than 1 day old.

For more information about using the gcloud CLI, see gcloud logging read.

API

When building your queries, supply a valid resource identifier in each of the log names. For example, if your query includes a PROJECT_ID, then the project identifier you supply must refer to the currently selected Google Cloud project.

For example, to use the Logging API to view your project-level audit log entries, do the following:

Go to the Try this API section in the documentation for the entries.list method.
Put the following into the Request body part of the Try this API form. Clicking this prepopulated form automatically fills the request body, but you need to supply a valid PROJECT_ID in each of the log names.
```
{
  "resourceNames": [
    "projects/PROJECT_ID"
  ],
  "pageSize": 5,
  "filter": "logName : projects/PROJECT_ID/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com"
}
```
Click Execute.