Connect Gateway audit logging

This document describes audit logging for Connect Gateway. Google Cloud services generate audit logs that record administrative and access activities within your Google Cloud resources. For more information about Cloud Audit Logs, see the following:

• Types of audit logs
• Audit log entry structure
• Storing and routing audit logs
• Cloud Logging pricing summary
• Enable Data Access audit logs

Service name

Connect Gateway audit logs use the service name connectgateway.googleapis.com. Filter for this service:

    protoPayload.serviceName="connectgateway.googleapis.com"
  

Methods by permission type

Connect Gateway audit logs are enabled by turning on audit logging for gkehub.googleapis.com.

Each IAM permission has a type property, whose value is an enum that can be one of four values: ADMIN_READ, ADMIN_WRITE, DATA_READ, or DATA_WRITE. When you call a method, Connect Gateway generates an audit log whose category is dependent on the type property of the permission required to perform the method. Methods that require an IAM permission with the type property value of DATA_READ, DATA_WRITE, or ADMIN_READ generate Data Access audit logs. Methods that require an IAM permission with the type property value of ADMIN_WRITE generate Admin Activity audit logs.

Permission type	Methods
ADMIN_READ	google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayControl.GenerateCredentials google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.GetResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayControl.GenerateCredentials google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.GetResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.Stream
ADMIN_WRITE	google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.DeleteResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PatchResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PostResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PutResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.DeleteResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PatchResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PostResource google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PutResource

API interface audit logs

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

google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayControl

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayControl.

GenerateCredentials

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayControl.GenerateCredentials
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.generateCredentials - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayControl.GenerateCredentials"
  

google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.

DeleteResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.DeleteResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.DeleteResource"
  

GetResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.GetResource
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.GetResource"
  

PatchResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PatchResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.patch - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PatchResource"
  

PostResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PostResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.post - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PostResource"
  

PutResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PutResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.put - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1.GatewayService.PutResource"
  

google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayControl

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayControl.

GenerateCredentials

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayControl.GenerateCredentials
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.generateCredentials - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayControl.GenerateCredentials"
  

google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.

DeleteResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.DeleteResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.DeleteResource"
  

GetResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.GetResource
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.GetResource"
  

PatchResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PatchResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.patch - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PatchResource"
  

PostResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PostResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.post - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PostResource"
  

PutResource

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PutResource
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.put - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.PutResource"
  

Stream

• Method: google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.Stream
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • gkehub.gateway.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkeconnect.gateway.v1beta1.GatewayService.Stream"
  

Kubernetes audit logging

In addition to Cloud Audit Logs, Kubernetes audit logging provides a way for administrators to retain, query, process, and alert on events that occur in registered clusters. Administrators can use the logged information to do forensic analysis and real-time alerting, or for cataloging how a fleet of clusters are being used and by whom.

The Connect Agent talks to the local API server running in the registered cluster, and each cluster will have its own set of Kubernetes audit logs. All actions that users perform from the UI through Connect are logged by that cluster.