GKE Multi-Cloud audit logging

This document describes audit logging for GKE Multi-Cloud products, including GKE on AWS, GKE on AWS, and GKE attached clusters (EKS, AKS, and generic). 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:

Service name

GKE Multi-Cloud products, including GKE on AWS, GKE on AWS, and GKE attached clusters (EKS, AKS, and generic) audit logs use the service name gkemulticloud.googleapis.com. Filter for this service: 

    protoPayload.serviceName="gkemulticloud.googleapis.com"

Methods by permission type

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, GKE Multi-Cloud products, including GKE on AWS, GKE on AWS, and GKE attached clusters (EKS, AKS, and generic) 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.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GenerateAttachedClusterInstallManifest
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GetAttachedCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GetAttachedServerConfig
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.ListAttachedClusters
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GenerateAwsAccessToken
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsNodePool
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsServerConfig
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.ListAwsClusters
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.ListAwsNodePools
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GenerateAzureAccessToken
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureClient
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureNodePool
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureServerConfig
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureClients
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureClusters
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureNodePools
ADMIN_WRITE google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.CreateAttachedCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.DeleteAttachedCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.ImportAttachedCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.UpdateAttachedCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.CreateAwsCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.CreateAwsNodePool
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.DeleteAwsCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.DeleteAwsNodePool
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.UpdateAwsCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.UpdateAwsNodePool
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureClient
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureNodePool
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureClient
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureNodePool
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.UpdateAzureCluster
google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.UpdateAzureNodePool

Audit logs for each API interface

google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.

CreateAttachedCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.CreateAttachedCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedClusters.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.CreateAttachedCluster"

DeleteAttachedCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.DeleteAttachedCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedClusters.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.DeleteAttachedCluster"

GenerateAttachedClusterInstallManifest

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GenerateAttachedClusterInstallManifest
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedClusters.generateInstallManifest - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GenerateAttachedClusterInstallManifest"

GetAttachedCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GetAttachedCluster
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedClusters.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GetAttachedCluster"

GetAttachedServerConfig

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GetAttachedServerConfig
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedServerConfigs.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GetAttachedServerConfig"

ImportAttachedCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.ImportAttachedCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedClusters.import - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.ImportAttachedCluster"

ListAttachedClusters

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.ListAttachedClusters
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedClusters.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.ListAttachedClusters"

UpdateAttachedCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.UpdateAttachedCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.attachedClusters.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.UpdateAttachedCluster"

google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.

CreateAwsCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.CreateAwsCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsClusters.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.CreateAwsCluster"

CreateAwsNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.CreateAwsNodePool
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsNodePools.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.CreateAwsNodePool"

DeleteAwsCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.DeleteAwsCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsClusters.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.DeleteAwsCluster"

DeleteAwsNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.DeleteAwsNodePool
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsNodePools.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.DeleteAwsNodePool"

GenerateAwsAccessToken

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GenerateAwsAccessToken
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsClusters.generateAccessToken - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GenerateAwsAccessToken"

GetAwsCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsCluster
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsClusters.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsCluster"

GetAwsNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsNodePool
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsNodePools.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsNodePool"

GetAwsServerConfig

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsServerConfig
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsServerConfigs.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsServerConfig"

ListAwsClusters

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.ListAwsClusters
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsClusters.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.ListAwsClusters"

ListAwsNodePools

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.ListAwsNodePools
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsNodePools.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.ListAwsNodePools"

UpdateAwsCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.UpdateAwsCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsClusters.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.UpdateAwsCluster"

UpdateAwsNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.UpdateAwsNodePool
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.awsNodePools.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.UpdateAwsNodePool"

google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.

CreateAzureClient

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureClient
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClients.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureClient"

CreateAzureCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClusters.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureCluster"

CreateAzureNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureNodePool
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureNodePools.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.CreateAzureNodePool"

DeleteAzureClient

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureClient
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClients.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureClient"

DeleteAzureCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClusters.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureCluster"

DeleteAzureNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureNodePool
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureNodePools.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.DeleteAzureNodePool"

GenerateAzureAccessToken

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GenerateAzureAccessToken
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClusters.generateAccessToken - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GenerateAzureAccessToken"

GetAzureClient

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureClient
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClients.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureClient"

GetAzureCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureCluster
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClusters.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureCluster"

GetAzureNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureNodePool
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureNodePools.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureNodePool"

GetAzureServerConfig

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureServerConfig
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureServerConfigs.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureServerConfig"

ListAzureClients

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureClients
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClients.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureClients"

ListAzureClusters

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureClusters
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClusters.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureClusters"

ListAzureNodePools

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureNodePools
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureNodePools.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.ListAzureNodePools"

UpdateAzureCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.UpdateAzureCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureClusters.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.UpdateAzureCluster"

UpdateAzureNodePool

  • Method: google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.UpdateAzureNodePool
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • gkemulticloud.azureNodePools.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.UpdateAzureNodePool"

Methods that don't produce audit logs

A method might not produce audit logs for one or more of the following reasons:

  • It is a high volume method involving signifcant log generation and storage costs.
  • It has low auditing value.
  • Another audit or platform log already provides method coverage.

The following methods don't produce audit logs:

  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AttachedClusters.GenerateAttachedClusterAgentToken
  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GenerateAwsClusterAgentToken
  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsJsonWebKeys
  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.GetAwsOpenIdConfig
  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AwsClusters.RollbackAwsNodePoolUpdate
  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GenerateAzureClusterAgentToken
  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureJsonWebKeys
  • google.cloud.gkemulticloud.v1.AzureClusters.GetAzureOpenIdConfig
  • google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation
  • google.longrunning.Operations.DeleteOperation
  • google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation
  • google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations
  • google.longrunning.Operations.WaitOperation