Auditd fields

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Module for parsing auditd logs.

auditd fields

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Fields from the auditd logs.

log fields

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Fields from the Linux audit log. Not all fields are documented here because they are dynamic and vary by audit event type.

auditd.log.record_type

The audit event type.

auditd.log.old_auid

For login events this is the old audit ID used for the user prior to this login.

auditd.log.new_auid

For login events this is the new audit ID. The audit ID can be used to trace future events to the user even if their identity changes (like becoming root).

auditd.log.old_ses

For login events this is the old session ID used for the user prior to this login.

auditd.log.new_ses

For login events this is the new session ID. It can be used to tie a user to future events by session ID.

auditd.log.sequence

type: long

The audit event sequence number.

auditd.log.acct

The user account name associated with the event.

auditd.log.pid

The ID of the process.

auditd.log.ppid

The ID of the process.

auditd.log.items

The number of items in an event.

auditd.log.item

The item field indicates which item out of the total number of items. This number is zero-based; a value of 0 means it is the first item.

auditd.log.a0

The first argument to the system call.

auditd.log.res

The result of the system call (success or failure).

geoip fields

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Contains GeoIP information gathered based on the auditd.log.addr field. Only present if the GeoIP Elasticsearch plugin is available and used.

auditd.log.geoip.continent_name

type: keyword

The name of the continent.

auditd.log.geoip.city_name

type: keyword

The name of the city.

auditd.log.geoip.region_name

type: keyword

The name of the region.

auditd.log.geoip.country_iso_code

type: keyword

Country ISO code.

auditd.log.geoip.location

type: geo_point

The longitude and latitude.