Auditd Logs Integration


Version	3.25.1 (View all)
Subscription level What's this?	Basic
Developed by What's this?	Elastic
Ingestion method(s)	File
Minimum Kibana version(s)	9.0.0 8.11.0

The Auditd Logs integration collects and parses logs from the audit daemon (auditd).

Compatibility

The integration was tested with logs from auditd on OSes like CentOS 6 and CentOS 7.

This integration is not available for Windows.

Auditd Logs

Example

{
    "@timestamp": "2016-01-03T00:37:51.394Z",
    "agent": {
        "ephemeral_id": "53541396-a320-4477-b6d9-a2a7d072269b",
        "id": "2b104c8f-2997-496b-ae72-508caa53046e",
        "name": "elastic-agent-28605",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "8.17.3"
    },
    "auditd": {
        "log": {
            "proctitle": "bash",
            "record_type": "PROCTITLE",
            "sequence": 194438
        }
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "auditd.log",
        "namespace": "69581",
        "type": "logs"
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "8.17.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "2b104c8f-2997-496b-ae72-508caa53046e",
        "snapshot": false,
        "version": "8.17.3"
    },
    "event": {
        "action": "proctitle",
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "dataset": "auditd.log",
        "ingested": "2025-03-13T12:15:48Z",
        "kind": "event"
    },
    "host": {
        "architecture": "x86_64",
        "containerized": true,
        "hostname": "elastic-agent-28605",
        "ip": [
            "172.20.0.2",
            "172.18.0.7"
        ],
        "mac": [
            "02-42-AC-12-00-07",
            "02-42-AC-14-00-02"
        ],
        "name": "elastic-agent-28605",
        "os": {
            "family": "",
            "kernel": "5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2",
            "name": "Wolfi",
            "platform": "wolfi",
            "type": "linux",
            "version": "20230201"
        }
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "log"
    },
    "log": {
        "file": {
            "path": "/tmp/service_logs/audit.log"
        },
        "offset": 1706
    },
    "tags": [
        "auditd-log"
    ]
}

Exported fields

Field	Description	Type
@timestamp	Event timestamp.	date
auditd.log.ARCH		keyword
auditd.log.AUID		keyword
auditd.log.EGID		keyword
auditd.log.EUID		keyword
auditd.log.FSGID		keyword
auditd.log.FSUID		keyword
auditd.log.GID		keyword
auditd.log.ID		keyword
auditd.log.SGID		keyword
auditd.log.SUID		keyword
auditd.log.SYSCALL		keyword
auditd.log.UID		keyword
auditd.log.a0	The first argument to the system call.	keyword
auditd.log.a1	The second argument to the system call.	keyword
auditd.log.a2	The third argument to the system call.	keyword
auditd.log.a3	The fourth argument to the system call.	keyword
auditd.log.addr		ip
auditd.log.apparmor		keyword
auditd.log.audit_backlog_limit		keyword
auditd.log.audit_failure		keyword
auditd.log.avc.action		keyword
auditd.log.avc.request		keyword
auditd.log.capability		keyword
auditd.log.cipher		keyword
auditd.log.context		keyword
auditd.log.data		keyword
auditd.log.default-context		keyword
auditd.log.denied_mask		keyword
auditd.log.dev		keyword
auditd.log.direction		keyword
auditd.log.dst_prefixlen		long
auditd.log.entries		long
auditd.log.family		keyword
auditd.log.fe		keyword
auditd.log.fi		keyword
auditd.log.format		keyword
auditd.log.fp		keyword
auditd.log.fver		keyword
auditd.log.gpg_res		keyword
auditd.log.hostname		keyword
auditd.log.id		keyword
auditd.log.img-ctx		keyword
auditd.log.info		keyword
auditd.log.ino		keyword
auditd.log.inode		keyword
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.	keyword
auditd.log.items	The number of items in an event.	keyword
auditd.log.kernel		keyword
auditd.log.key	Records the user defined string associated with a rule that generated a particular event in the Audit log.	keyword
auditd.log.key_enforce		boolean
auditd.log.kind		keyword
auditd.log.ksize		long
auditd.log.laddr		ip
auditd.log.list		keyword
auditd.log.lport		long
auditd.log.major		keyword
auditd.log.minor		keyword
auditd.log.mode		keyword
auditd.log.model		keyword
auditd.log.name		keyword
auditd.log.new-level		keyword
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).	keyword
auditd.log.new_pe		keyword
auditd.log.new_pi		keyword
auditd.log.new_pp		keyword
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.	keyword
auditd.log.node		keyword
auditd.log.obj		keyword
auditd.log.objtype		keyword
auditd.log.old		keyword
auditd.log.old-level		keyword
auditd.log.old_auid	For login events this is the old audit ID used for the user prior to this login.	keyword
auditd.log.old_pe		keyword
auditd.log.old_pi		keyword
auditd.log.old_pp		keyword
auditd.log.old_ses	For login events this is the old session ID used for the user prior to this login.	keyword
auditd.log.op		keyword
auditd.log.operation		keyword
auditd.log.original_field	The original field name if the event was parsed from an enriched format auditd log.	keyword
auditd.log.path		keyword
auditd.log.peer		keyword
auditd.log.permissive		keyword
auditd.log.pfs		keyword
auditd.log.proctitle		keyword
auditd.log.profile		keyword
auditd.log.rdev		keyword
auditd.log.reason		keyword
auditd.log.record_type		keyword
auditd.log.request		keyword
auditd.log.requested_mask		keyword
auditd.log.reset		keyword
auditd.log.root_dir		keyword
auditd.log.rport		long
auditd.log.saddr		keyword
auditd.log.saddr_fam		keyword
auditd.log.sauid		keyword
auditd.log.scontext		keyword
auditd.log.selected-context		keyword
auditd.log.sequence	The audit event sequence number.	long
auditd.log.seresult		keyword
auditd.log.ses		keyword
auditd.log.sig		keyword
auditd.log.spid		keyword
auditd.log.src_prefixlen		long
auditd.log.subj		keyword
auditd.log.success		boolean
auditd.log.sw		keyword
auditd.log.sw_type		keyword
auditd.log.syscall		keyword
auditd.log.table		keyword
auditd.log.tclass		keyword
auditd.log.tcontext		keyword
auditd.log.tty		keyword
auditd.log.uid		keyword
auditd.log.unit		keyword
auditd.log.uuid		keyword
auditd.log.ver		keyword
auditd.log.virt		keyword
auditd.log.vm		keyword
auditd.log.vm-ctx		keyword
auditd.log.xdevice		keyword
cloud.account.id	The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier.	keyword
cloud.availability_zone	Availability zone in which this host is running.	keyword
cloud.image.id	Image ID for the cloud instance.	keyword
cloud.instance.id	Instance ID of the host machine.	keyword
cloud.instance.name	Instance name of the host machine.	keyword
cloud.machine.type	Machine type of the host machine.	keyword
cloud.project.id	Name of the project in Google Cloud.	keyword
cloud.provider	Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean.	keyword
cloud.region	Region in which this host is running.	keyword
container.id	Unique container id.	keyword
container.image.name	Name of the image the container was built on.	keyword
container.labels	Image labels.	object
container.name	Container name.	keyword
container.runtime	Runtime managing this container.	keyword
data_stream.dataset	Data stream dataset.	constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace	Data stream namespace.	constant_keyword
data_stream.type	Data stream type.	constant_keyword
destination.address	Some event destination addresses are defined ambiguously. The event will sometimes list an IP, a domain or a unix socket. You should always store the raw address in the `.address` field. Then it should be duplicated to `.ip` or `.domain`, depending on which one it is.	keyword
ecs.version	ECS version this event conforms to. `ecs.version` is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events.	keyword
error.message	Error message.	match_only_text
event.action	The action captured by the event. This describes the information in the event. It is more specific than `event.category`. Examples are `group-add`, `process-started`, `file-created`. The value is normally defined by the implementer.	keyword
event.dataset	Event dataset	constant_keyword
event.ingested	Timestamp when an event arrived in the central data store. This is different from `@timestamp`, which is when the event originally occurred. It's also different from `event.created`, which is meant to capture the first time an agent saw the event. In normal conditions, assuming no tampering, the timestamps should chronologically look like this: `@timestamp` < `event.created` < `event.ingested`.	date
event.module	Event module	constant_keyword
event.original	Raw text message of entire event. Used to demonstrate log integrity or where the full log message (before splitting it up in multiple parts) may be required, e.g. for reindex. This field is not indexed and doc_values are disabled. It cannot be searched, but it can be retrieved from `_source`. If users wish to override this and index this field, please see `Field data types` in the `Elasticsearch Reference`.	keyword
event.outcome	This is one of four ECS Categorization Fields, and indicates the lowest level in the ECS category hierarchy. `event.outcome` simply denotes whether the event represents a success or a failure from the perspective of the entity that produced the event. Note that when a single transaction is described in multiple events, each event may populate different values of `event.outcome`, according to their perspective. Also note that in the case of a compound event (a single event that contains multiple logical events), this field should be populated with the value that best captures the overall success or failure from the perspective of the event producer. Further note that not all events will have an associated outcome. For example, this field is generally not populated for metric events, events with `event.type:info`, or any events for which an outcome does not make logical sense.	keyword
group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
host.architecture	Operating system architecture.	keyword
host.containerized	If the host is a container.	boolean
host.domain	Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider.	keyword
host.hostname	Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the `hostname` command returns on the host machine.	keyword
host.id	Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of `beat.name`.	keyword
host.ip	Host ip addresses.	ip
host.mac	Host mac addresses.	keyword
host.name	Name of the host. It can contain what `hostname` returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use.	keyword
host.os.build	OS build information.	keyword
host.os.codename	OS codename, if any.	keyword
host.os.family	OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).	keyword
host.os.kernel	Operating system kernel version as a raw string.	keyword
host.os.name	Operating system name, without the version.	keyword
host.os.name.text	Multi-field of `host.os.name`.	text
host.os.platform	Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows).	keyword
host.os.version	Operating system version as a raw string.	keyword
host.type	Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like `t2.medium`. If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment.	keyword
input.type	Input type	keyword
log.file.path	Full path to the log file this event came from, including the file name. It should include the drive letter, when appropriate. If the event wasn't read from a log file, do not populate this field.	keyword
log.offset	Log offset	long
message	For log events the message field contains the log message, optimized for viewing in a log viewer. For structured logs without an original message field, other fields can be concatenated to form a human-readable summary of the event. If multiple messages exist, they can be combined into one message.	match_only_text
network.direction	Direction of the network traffic. When mapping events from a host-based monitoring context, populate this field from the host's point of view, using the values "ingress" or "egress". When mapping events from a network or perimeter-based monitoring context, populate this field from the point of view of the network perimeter, using the values "inbound", "outbound", "internal" or "external". Note that "internal" is not crossing perimeter boundaries, and is meant to describe communication between two hosts within the perimeter. Note also that "external" is meant to describe traffic between two hosts that are external to the perimeter. This could for example be useful for ISPs or VPN service providers.	keyword
process.args	Array of process arguments, starting with the absolute path to the executable. May be filtered to protect sensitive information.	keyword
process.args_count	Length of the process.args array. This field can be useful for querying or performing bucket analysis on how many arguments were provided to start a process. More arguments may be an indication of suspicious activity.	long
process.executable	Absolute path to the process executable.	keyword
process.executable.text	Multi-field of `process.executable`.	match_only_text
process.exit_code	The exit code of the process, if this is a termination event. The field should be absent if there is no exit code for the event (e.g. process start).	long
process.name	Process name. Sometimes called program name or similar.	keyword
process.name.text	Multi-field of `process.name`.	match_only_text
process.parent.pid	Process id.	long
process.pid	Process id.	long
process.working_directory	The working directory of the process.	keyword
process.working_directory.text	Multi-field of `process.working_directory`.	match_only_text
related.user	All the user names or other user identifiers seen on the event.	keyword
source.address	Some event source addresses are defined ambiguously. The event will sometimes list an IP, a domain or a unix socket. You should always store the raw address in the `.address` field. Then it should be duplicated to `.ip` or `.domain`, depending on which one it is.	keyword
source.as.number	Unique number allocated to the autonomous system. The autonomous system number (ASN) uniquely identifies each network on the Internet.	long
source.as.organization.name	Organization name.	keyword
source.as.organization.name.text	Multi-field of `source.as.organization.name`.	match_only_text
source.geo.city_name	City name.	keyword
source.geo.continent_name	Name of the continent.	keyword
source.geo.country_iso_code	Country ISO code.	keyword
source.geo.country_name	Country name.	keyword
source.geo.location	Longitude and latitude.	geo_point
source.geo.region_iso_code	Region ISO code.	keyword
source.geo.region_name	Region name.	keyword
source.ip	IP address of the source (IPv4 or IPv6).	ip
tags	List of keywords used to tag each event.	keyword
user.audit.group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
user.audit.group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
user.audit.id	One or multiple unique identifiers of the user.	keyword
user.audit.name	Short name or login of the user.	keyword
user.effective.group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
user.effective.group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
user.effective.id	Unique identifier of the user.	keyword
user.effective.name	Short name or login of the user.	keyword
user.effective.name.text	Multi-field of `user.effective.name`.	match_only_text
user.filesystem.group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
user.filesystem.group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
user.filesystem.id	One or multiple unique identifiers of the user.	keyword
user.filesystem.name	Short name or login of the user.	keyword
user.group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
user.group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
user.id	Unique identifier of the user.	keyword
user.name	Short name or login of the user.	keyword
user.name.text	Multi-field of `user.name`.	match_only_text
user.owner.group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
user.owner.group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
user.owner.id	One or multiple unique identifiers of the user.	keyword
user.owner.name	Short name or login of the user.	keyword
user.saved.group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
user.saved.group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
user.saved.id	One or multiple unique identifiers of the user.	keyword
user.saved.name	Short name or login of the user.	keyword
user.target.group.id	Unique identifier for the group on the system/platform.	keyword
user.target.group.name	Name of the group.	keyword
user.target.id	Unique identifier of the user.	keyword
user.target.name	Short name or login of the user.	keyword
user.target.name.text	Multi-field of `user.target.name`.	match_only_text
user.terminal	Terminal or tty device on which the user is performing the observed activity.	keyword

Screenshots

This integration includes one or more Kibana dashboards that visualizes the data collected by the integration. The screenshots below illustrate how the ingested data is displayed.

Changelog

Version	Details	Minimum Kibana version
3.25.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix user.name being incorrectly set to the target account name (acct field) for ACCT_LOCK, ACCT_UNLOCK, ADD_USER, DEL_USER, USER_CHAUTHTOK, and USER_MGMT records when UID/AUID enrichment strings are absent from the log line.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.25.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Faster parsing for common kernel record types.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.24.4	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove leftover `auditd.log.acct` from ENRICHED IAM records.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.24.3	Bug fix (View pull request) Handle non-password USER_CHAUTHTOK ops by setting event.action to modified-user-account.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.24.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix quadratic grok backtracking in the raw pipeline on EXECVE records with oversized split arguments (aN[0], aN[1], ...), which could exceed the grok watchdog timeout and consume excessive ingest CPU. Bracket-suffixed argument chunk keys are now also captured instead of being dropped.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.24.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Transfer package ownership to elastic/security-service-integrations.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.24.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add `ignore_older` option to the auditd log data stream.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.23.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Map enriched username fields to ECS for IAM event types (ADD_USER, DEL_USER, ADD_GROUP, DEL_GROUP, USER_CHAUTHTOK, ACCT_LOCK, ACCT_UNLOCK, USER_LOGOUT, USER_START). Fixes missing user.name, user.effective.name, user.target.name, and group.name when log lines use the Unit Separator (U+001D) delimiter.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.23.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Map enriched auditd username fields (UID, EUID, AUID, etc.) to ECS user name fields and related.user.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.23.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Enable the auditd filestream parser when supported by Elastic Agent.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.22.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Reduce auditd grok backtracking by splitting conditional patterns and tightening key-value extraction boundaries.	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.22.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Bug fix to better parse key-value pairs	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.22.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add 9.0.0 constraint and update to ECS 8.17.0	9.0.0 8.11.0
3.21.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Allow the usage of deprecated log input and support for stack 9.0	8.11.0
3.20.3	Bug fix (View pull request) Allow enriched fields on more auditd log messages	8.11.0
3.20.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Use triple-brace Mustache templating when referencing variables in ingest pipelines.	8.11.0
3.20.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Preserve auditd.log.record_type and fallback to auditd.log.SYSCALL	8.11.0
3.20.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Allow @custom pipeline access to event.original without setting preserve_original_event.	8.11.0
3.19.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix invalid event type.	8.7.1
3.19.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Changed owners	8.7.1
3.19.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Handle variable spaces in structured data. Enhancement (View pull request) Handle AVC header.	8.7.1
3.18.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Handle ENRICHED audit format.	8.7.1
3.17.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix exclude_files pattern.	8.7.1
3.17.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix handling of cases where fields are present in duplicate.	8.7.1
3.17.0	Enhancement (View pull request) ECS version updated to 8.11.0.	8.7.1
3.16.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Improve 'event.original' check to avoid errors if set.	8.7.1
3.15.0	Enhancement (View pull request) ECS version updated to 8.10.0.	8.7.1
3.14.0	Enhancement (View pull request) The format_version in the package manifest changed from 2.11.0 to 3.0.0. Removed dotted YAML keys from package manifest. Added 'owner.type: elastic' to package manifest.	8.7.1
3.13.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove the unnecessary permission for the package to write to arbitrary `logs-*` data streams.	8.7.1
3.13.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add tags.yml file so that integration's dashboards and saved searches are tagged with "Security Solution" and displayed in the Security Solution UI.	8.7.1
3.12.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.9.0.	8.7.1
3.11.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Convert dashboards to Lens.	8.7.1
3.10.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Ensure event.kind is correctly set for pipeline errors.	8.1.0
3.9.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add permissions to reroute events to logs-- for log datastream.	8.1.0
3.8.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.8.0.	8.1.0
3.7.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package-spec version to 2.7.0.	8.1.0
3.6.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.7.0.	8.1.0
3.5.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Added categories and/or subcategories.	8.1.0
3.5.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.6.0.	8.1.0
3.4.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Allow processing of messages with quoted spaces.	8.1.0
3.4.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Migrate the visualizations to by value in dashboards to minimize the saved object clutter and reduce time to load	8.1.0
3.4.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.5.0.	8.0.0
3.3.4	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove duplicate fields.	8.0.0
3.3.3	Enhancement (View pull request) Use ECS geo.location definition.	8.0.0
3.3.2	Enhancement (View pull request) Remove unused visualizations	8.0.0
3.3.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Add mapping for event.original.	8.0.0
3.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.4.0	8.0.0
3.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.3.0.	8.0.0
3.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Change title to Auditd Logs	8.0.0
3.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Migrate map visualisation from tile_map to map object	8.0.0
2.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 8.2	8.0.0 7.17.0
2.1.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Set event.outcome value according ECS specification	8.0.0 7.17.0
2.1.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Add documentation for multi-fields	8.0.0 7.17.0
2.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Store EXECVE arguments in process.args array.	8.0.0 7.17.0
2.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 8.0 Enhancement (View pull request) process.ppid is replaced with process.parent.pid (breaking change)	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.3.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Regenerate test files using the new GeoIP database	8.0.0 7.14.0
1.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Change test IPs to the supported set for GeoIP Enhancement (View pull request) Add 8.0.0 version constraint	8.0.0 7.14.0
1.2.4	Enhancement (View pull request) Uniform with guidelines	7.14.0
1.2.3	Enhancement (View pull request) Update Title and Description.	—
1.2.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Ensure boolean fields are true/false	7.14.0
1.2.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix logic that checks for the 'forwarded' tag	—
1.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 1.12.0	7.14.0
1.1.3	Enhancement (View pull request) Convert to generated ECS fields	—
1.1.2	Enhancement (View pull request) update to ECS 1.11.0	—
1.1.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Escape special characters in docs	—
1.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update integration description	—
1.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) make GA Enhancement (View pull request) Set "event.module" and "event.dataset"	7.14.0
0.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) update to ECS 1.10.0 and apply changes to prepare for package GA	—
0.1.2	Enhancement (View pull request) set version in the ingest pipeline and make event.original optional	—
0.1.1	Enhancement (View pull request) update to ECS 1.9.0	—
0.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add changes to use ECS 1.8 fields.	—
0.0.1	Enhancement (View pull request) initial release	—