--- title: Audit logs description: ASE logs administrator actions, such as CLI commands and configuration changes, and stores audit logs in the opt/pingidentity/ase/logs directory. Performed on a per ASE node basis, audit logging is enabled by default. component: pingintelligence version: 5.2 page_id: pingintelligence:pingintelligence_reference_guide:pingintelligence_audit_logs canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/pingintelligence_reference_guide/pingintelligence_audit_logs.html revdate: April 3, 2024 --- # Audit logs ASE logs administrator actions, such as CLI commands and configuration changes, and stores audit logs in the `opt/pingidentity/ase/logs` directory. Performed on a per ASE node basis, audit logging is enabled by default. Use the CLI to enable or disable audit logging using the commands `enable_audit` and `disable_audit`. For example, to enable audit logs, enter the following at the command line: ``` /opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh enable_audit -u admin -p ``` The audit log captures information related to: * System changes using CLI or REST API calls * API JSON changes or `ase.conf` file updates * SSL certificate updates The logs are rotated every 24 hours with the current log file having no timestamp in its name. For more information, see [Audit log](pingintelligence_audit_log.html). The following is a snippet of audit log files: ``` -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 358 Aug 13 10:00 audit.log.2018-08-13_09-54 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 301 Aug 13 10:12 audit.log.2018-08-13_10-00 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1677 Aug 13 11:16 audit.log.2018-08-13_10-12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 942 Aug 14 06:26 audit.log.2018-08-14_06-22 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 541 Aug 15 08:19 audit.log ```