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Enabling audit logging

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Question

How to I enable audit logging? Below is step by step procedure to create audit history database, and audit history configuration.

Answer

1. With below command please drop all the query history configuration.

SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> drop history configuration ALL_HIST;
DROP HISTORY CONFIGURATION

2. Drop all history user, and owner

SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> drop user auditusr;
DROP USER

3. Create user, and owner with below privileges.............

SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> create user auditusr with password 'test1234';
CREATE USER
SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> create user auditowner with password 'test1234';
CREATE USER
SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> grant create database to auditowner;
GRANT
SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> grant list on user to auditowner;
GRANT

4. Run nzhistcreatedb script at linux prompt .........

[nz@p2-nz103 ~]$ nzhistcreatedb -d auditdb -t audit -u auditusr -o
auditowner -p 'test1234' -v 3
This operation may take a few minutes. Please wait...
Unable to display verbose progress bar.Creation of history database will
proceed silently.
History database auditdb created successfully !

5. Create audit history configuration with below command at nzsql
prompt..........

SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> create history configuration all_hist histtype
audit database auditdb user auditusr password 'test1234' collect
PLAN,QUERY,TABLE,COLUMN,SERVICE l
oadinterval 2 loadminthreshold 0 loadmaxthreshold 20 version 3
storagelimit 100000 loadretry 0;
CREATE HISTORY CONFIGURATION

6. Set this configuration...

SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> set history configuration all_hist;
SET HISTORY CONFIGURATION
SYSTEM.ADMIN(ADMIN)=> \q

7. Run stop/start to take effect of this setting.
[nz@p2-nz103 ~]$ nzstop
[nz@p2-nz103 ~]$ nzstart
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Modified date:
17 October 2019

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