Cloud Service Mesh audit logging

This document describes audit logging for Cloud Service Mesh. 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:

• Types of audit logs
• Audit log entry structure
• Details on audit log storage and routing
• Cloud Logging pricing summary
• How to enable Data Access audit logs

Service name

Cloud Service Mesh audit logs use the service name meshconfig.googleapis.com. Filter for this service:

    protoPayload.serviceName="meshconfig.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 Service Mesh 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_WRITE	google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Admin.Initialize
DATA_READ	envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService.DeltaAggregatedResources envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService.StreamAggregatedResources google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Call google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.GatewayInject google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Inject google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Validate
DATA_WRITE	envoy.service.load_stats.v3.LoadReportingService.StreamLoadStats

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 Service Mesh.

envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService

The following section contains details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService.

DeltaAggregatedResources

• Method: envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService.DeltaAggregatedResources
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.get - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService.DeltaAggregatedResources"
  

StreamAggregatedResources

• Method: envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService.StreamAggregatedResources
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.get - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="envoy.service.discovery.v3.AggregatedDiscoveryService.StreamAggregatedResources"
  

envoy.service.load_stats.v3.LoadReportingService

The following section contains details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to envoy.service.load_stats.v3.LoadReportingService.

StreamLoadStats

• Method: envoy.service.load_stats.v3.LoadReportingService.StreamLoadStats
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.report - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="envoy.service.load_stats.v3.LoadReportingService.StreamLoadStats"
  

google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Admin

The following section contains details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Admin.

Initialize

• Method: google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Admin.Initialize
  
• Audit log type: Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.init - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Admin.Initialize"
  

google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook

The following section contains details about audit logs associated with methods belonging to google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.

Call

• Method: google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Call
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.get - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Call"
  

GatewayInject

• Method: google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.GatewayInject
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.get - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.GatewayInject"
  

Inject

• Method: google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Inject
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.get - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Inject"
  

Validate

• Method: google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Validate
  
• Audit log type: Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • meshconfig.projects.get - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation: No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.meshconfig.v1alpha1.Webhook.Validate"