Process a Cloud Audit Logging log entry

Shows how to process an Audit Log entry.

Code sample

Go

To authenticate to Cloud Functions, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


// Package helloworld provides a set of Cloud Functions samples.
package helloworld

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/functions-framework-go/functions"
	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/event"
)

func init() {
	functions.CloudEvent("HelloAuditLog", helloAuditLog)
}

// AuditLogEntry represents a LogEntry as described at
// https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/LogEntry
type AuditLogEntry struct {
	ProtoPayload *AuditLogProtoPayload `json:"protoPayload"`
}

// AuditLogProtoPayload represents AuditLog within the LogEntry.protoPayload
// See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/AuditLog
type AuditLogProtoPayload struct {
	MethodName         string                 `json:"methodName"`
	ResourceName       string                 `json:"resourceName"`
	AuthenticationInfo map[string]interface{} `json:"authenticationInfo"`
}

// helloAuditLog receives a CloudEvent containing an AuditLogEntry, and logs a few fields.
func helloAuditLog(ctx context.Context, e event.Event) error {
	// Print out details from the CloudEvent itself
	// See https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/v1.0.1/spec.md#subject
	// for details on the Subject field
	log.Printf("Event Type: %s", e.Type())
	log.Printf("Subject: %s", e.Subject())

	// Decode the Cloud Audit Logging message embedded in the CloudEvent
	logentry := &AuditLogEntry{}
	if err := e.DataAs(logentry); err != nil {
		ferr := fmt.Errorf("event.DataAs: %w", err)
		log.Print(ferr)
		return ferr
	}
	// Print out some of the information contained in the Cloud Audit Logging event
	// See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#audit_log_entry_structure
	// for a full description of available fields.
	log.Printf("API Method: %s", logentry.ProtoPayload.MethodName)
	log.Printf("Resource Name: %s", logentry.ProtoPayload.ResourceName)
	if v, ok := logentry.ProtoPayload.AuthenticationInfo["principalEmail"]; ok {
		log.Printf("Principal: %s", v)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To authenticate to Cloud Functions, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.cloud.functions.CloudEventsFunction;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import io.cloudevents.CloudEvent;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class LogCloudEvent implements CloudEventsFunction {
  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LogCloudEvent.class.getName());

  @Override
  public void accept(CloudEvent event) {
    // Print out details from the CloudEvent
    // The type of event related to the originating occurrence
    logger.info("Event Type: " + event.getType());
    // The subject of the event in the context of the event producer
    logger.info("Event Subject: " + event.getSubject());

    if (event.getData() != null) {
      // Extract data from CloudEvent wrapper
      String cloudEventData = new String(event.getData().toBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);

      Gson gson = new Gson();
      // Convert data into a JSON object
      JsonObject eventData = gson.fromJson(cloudEventData, JsonObject.class);

      // Extract Cloud Audit Log data from protoPayload
      // https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#audit_log_entry_structure
      JsonObject payload = eventData.getAsJsonObject("protoPayload");
      logger.info("API Method: " + payload.get("methodName").getAsString());
      logger.info("Resource name: " + payload.get("resourceName").getAsString());

      JsonObject auth = payload.getAsJsonObject("authenticationInfo");
      if (auth != null) {
        // The email address of the authenticated user 
        // (or service account on behalf of third party principal) making the request
        logger.info("Authenticated User: " + auth.get("principalEmail").getAsString()); 
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To authenticate to Cloud Functions, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

const functions = require('@google-cloud/functions-framework');

// Register a CloudEvent callback with the Functions Framework that will
// be triggered by an Eventarc Cloud Audit Logging trigger.
//
// Note: this is NOT designed for second-party (Cloud Audit Logs -> Pub/Sub) triggers!
functions.cloudEvent('helloAuditLog', cloudEvent => {
  // Print out details from the CloudEvent itself
  console.log('Event type:', cloudEvent.type);

  // Print out the CloudEvent's `subject` property
  // See https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/v1.0.1/spec.md#subject
  console.log('Subject:', cloudEvent.subject);

  // Print out details from the `protoPayload`
  // This field encapsulates a Cloud Audit Logging entry
  // See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#audit_log_entry_structure
  const payload = cloudEvent.data && cloudEvent.data.protoPayload;
  if (payload) {
    console.log('API method:', payload.methodName);
    console.log('Resource name:', payload.resourceName);
    console.log('Principal:', payload.authenticationInfo.principalEmail);
  }
});

Python

To authenticate to Cloud Functions, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import functions_framework


# CloudEvent function to be triggered by an Eventarc Cloud Audit Logging trigger
# Note: this is NOT designed for second-party (Cloud Audit Logs -> Pub/Sub) triggers!
@functions_framework.cloud_event
def hello_auditlog(cloud_event):
    # Print out the CloudEvent's (required) `type` property
    # See https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/v1.0.1/spec.md#type
    print(f"Event type: {cloud_event['type']}")

    # Print out the CloudEvent's (optional) `subject` property
    # See https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/v1.0.1/spec.md#subject
    if "subject" in cloud_event:
        # CloudEvent objects don't support `get` operations.
        # Use the `in` operator to verify `subject` is present.
        print(f"Subject: {cloud_event['subject']}")

    # Print out details from the `protoPayload`
    # This field encapsulates a Cloud Audit Logging entry
    # See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#audit_log_entry_structure

    payload = cloud_event.data.get("protoPayload")
    if payload:
        print(f"API method: {payload.get('methodName')}")
        print(f"Resource name: {payload.get('resourceName')}")
        print(
            f"Principal: {payload.get('authenticationInfo', dict()).get('principalEmail')}"
        )

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