Cloud Workstations audit logging

This document describes audit logging for Cloud Workstations. Google Cloud services generate audit logs that record administrative and access activities within your Google Cloud resources. To learn more about Cloud Audit Logs, refer to the following documentation pages:

Service name

Cloud Workstations audit logs use the service name workstations.googleapis.com. Filter for this service: 

    protoPayload.serviceName="workstations.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, Cloud Workstations 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 GetIamPolicy
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.GenerateAccessToken
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.GetWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.GetWorkstationCluster
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.GetWorkstationConfig
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.ListWorkstationClusters
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.ListWorkstationConfigs
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.ListWorkstations
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GenerateAccessToken
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstationCluster
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstationConfig
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstationClusters
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstationConfigs
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstations
ADMIN_WRITE SetIamPolicy
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.CreateWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.CreateWorkstationCluster
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.CreateWorkstationConfig
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.DeleteWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationCluster
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationConfig
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.StartWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.StopWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.UpdateWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.UpdateWorkstationConfig
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstationCluster
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstationConfig
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationCluster
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationConfig
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.StartWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.StopWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstation
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstationCluster
google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstationConfig

API interface audit logs

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

google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations

The following section contains details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.

CreateWorkstation

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

CreateWorkstationCluster

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

CreateWorkstationConfig

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

DeleteWorkstation

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

DeleteWorkstationCluster

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

DeleteWorkstationConfig

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

GenerateAccessToken

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.GenerateAccessToken
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.use - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.GenerateAccessToken"

GetWorkstation

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

GetWorkstationCluster

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

GetWorkstationConfig

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

ListWorkstationClusters

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

ListWorkstationConfigs

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

ListWorkstations

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

StartWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.StartWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.start - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.StartWorkstation"

StopWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.StopWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.stop - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.StopWorkstation"

UpdateWorkstation

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

UpdateWorkstationConfig

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

google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations

The following section contains details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.

CreateWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstation"

CreateWorkstationCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstationCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationClusters.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstationCluster"

CreateWorkstationConfig

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstationConfig
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationConfigs.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.CreateWorkstationConfig"

DeleteWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstation"

DeleteWorkstationCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationClusters.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationCluster"

DeleteWorkstationConfig

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationConfig
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationConfigs.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.DeleteWorkstationConfig"

GenerateAccessToken

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GenerateAccessToken
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.use - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GenerateAccessToken"

GetWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstation"

GetWorkstationCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstationCluster
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationClusters.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstationCluster"

GetWorkstationConfig

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstationConfig
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationConfigs.get - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.GetWorkstationConfig"

ListWorkstationClusters

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstationClusters
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationClusters.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstationClusters"

ListWorkstationConfigs

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstationConfigs
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationConfigs.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstationConfigs"

ListWorkstations

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstations
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.list - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListWorkstations"

StartWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.StartWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.start - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.StartWorkstation"

StopWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.StopWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.stop - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.StopWorkstation"

UpdateWorkstation

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstation
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstations.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstation"

UpdateWorkstationCluster

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstationCluster
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationClusters.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstationCluster"

UpdateWorkstationConfig

  • Method: google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstationConfig
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationConfigs.update - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Long-running operation
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.UpdateWorkstationConfig"

google.iam.v1.IAMPolicy

The following section contains details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.iam.v1.IAMPolicy.

GetIamPolicy

  • Method: GetIamPolicy
  • Audit log type: Data access
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationConfigs.getIamPolicy - ADMIN_READ
    • workstations.workstations.getIamPolicy - ADMIN_READ
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="GetIamPolicy"

SetIamPolicy

  • Method: SetIamPolicy
  • Audit log type: Admin activity
  • Permissions:
    • workstations.workstationConfigs.setIamPolicy - ADMIN_WRITE
    • workstations.workstations.setIamPolicy - ADMIN_WRITE
  • Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  • Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="SetIamPolicy"

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.workstations.v1.Workstations.ListUsableWorkstationConfigs
  • google.cloud.workstations.v1.Workstations.ListUsableWorkstations
  • google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListUsableWorkstationConfigs
  • google.cloud.workstations.v1beta.Workstations.ListUsableWorkstations