Using the Audit Log to Examine Changes

You can use the audit log to view detailed reports of some of the changes to your system. These reports compare the current configuration of your system to its most recent configuration before a supported change was made.

The Compare Configurations page displays the differences between the system configuration before changes and the running configuration in a side-by-side format. The audit event type, time of last modification, and name of the user who made the change are displayed in the title bar above each configuration.

Differences between the two configurations are highlighted:

  • Blue indicates that the highlighted setting is different in the two configurations, and the difference is noted in red text.

  • Green indicates that the highlighted setting appears in one configuration but not the other.

In a multidomain deployment, you can view data for the current domain and for any descendant domains. You cannot view data from higher level or sibling domains.

Before you begin

You must be an Admin user to perform this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose System (system gear icon) > Monitoring > Audit.

Step 2

Click Compare next to an applicable audit log event in the Message column.

Tip

You can navigate through changes individually by clicking Previous or Next above the title bar. If the change summary is more than one page long, you can also use the scroll bar on the right to view additional changes.