Monitoring account activity with the audit log

The audit log keeps track of events related to your Fastly account, users, and services. You can use the audit log to determine which changes were made and by whom. For example, you can use the audit log to review:

  • service configuration changes and who made them (e.g., a user assigned to your account, a Fastly user acting on your behalf)
  • authentication and access events (e.g., logins, API token creation, identity provider updates)
  • account security settings changes
  • product and feature purchases

You must be assigned the role of superuser to view the audit log.

HINT: For information on monitoring events related to a service, check out our guide on the event log. For information on monitoring the data that passes through Fastly, check out our guide on Fastly's real-time log streaming features.

Accessing the audit log

You can access the audit log using the Fastly control panel or the Fastly API.

  1. Control panel
  2. API

Follow these instructions to access the audit log for your account:

  1. Log in to the Fastly control panel.
  2. Go to Account > Audit log.

    Audit log example

HINT: You can filter audit log events by various criteria, such as event type and date.

NOTE: As of June 22, 2021, audit log data is retained for a period of one year (365 days).