Activity tracking events for IBM Cloud VPC
IBM Cloud services, such as IBM Cloud VPC, generate activity tracking events.
Activity tracking events report on activities that change the state of a service in IBM Cloud. You can use the events to investigate abnormal activity and critical actions and to comply with regulatory audit requirements.
You can use IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing, a platform service, to route auditing events in your account to destinations of your choice by configuring targets and routes that define where activity tracking events are sent. For more information, see About IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing.
You can use IBM Cloud Logs to visualize and alert on events that are generated in your account and routed by IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing to an IBM Cloud Logs instance.
As of 28 March 2024, the IBM Cloud Activity Tracker service is deprecated and will no longer be supported as of 30 March 2025. Customers will need to migrate to IBM Cloud Logs before 30 March 2025. During the migration period, customers can use IBM Cloud Activity Tracker along with IBM Cloud Logs. Activity tracking events are the same for both services. For information about migrating from IBM Cloud Activity Tracker to IBM Cloud Logs and running the services in parallel, see migration planning.
Locations where activity tracking events are generated
Locations where activity tracking events are sent to IBM Cloud Activity Tracker hosted event search
IBM Cloud VPC sends activity tracking events to IBM Cloud Activity Tracker hosted event search in the regions that are indicated in the following table.
Dallas (us-south ) |
Washington (us-east ) |
Toronto (ca-tor ) |
Sao Paulo (br-sao ) |
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tokyo (jp-tok ) |
Sydney (au-syd ) |
Osaka (jp-osa ) |
---|---|---|
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Frankfurt (eu-de ) |
London (eu-gb ) |
Madrid (eu-es ) |
---|---|---|
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Locations where activity tracking events are sent by IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing
IBM Cloud VPC sends activity tracking events by IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing in the regions that are indicated in the following table.
Dallas (us-south ) |
Washington (us-east ) |
Toronto (ca-tor ) |
Sao Paulo (br-sao ) |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tokyo (jp-tok ) |
Sydney (au-syd ) |
Osaka (jp-osa ) |
---|---|---|
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Frankfurt (eu-de ) |
London (eu-gb ) |
Madrid (eu-es ) |
---|---|---|
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Viewing activity tracking events for IBM Cloud VPC
You can use IBM Cloud Logs to visualize and alert on events that are generated in your account and routed by IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing to an IBM Cloud Logs instance.
Launching IBM Cloud Logs from the Observability page
For information on launching the IBM Cloud Logs UI, see Launching the UI in the IBM Cloud Logs documentation.
Network resources
The following tables list the actions that are related to network resources and the generation of events.
ACL events
Resource | Action | Description |
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network-acl | is.network-acl.network-acl.create | Network ACL was created |
network-acl | is.network-acl.network-acl.update | Network ACL was updated |
network-acl | is.network-acl.network-acl.delete | Network ACL was deleted |
network-acl | is.network-acl.network-acl.read | One or more network ACL was retrieved |
network-acl | is.network-acl.rule.create | Rule was added to Network ACL |
network-acl | is.network-acl.rule.update | Network ACL Rule was updated |
network-acl | is.network-acl.rule.delete | Rule was removed from Network ACL |
network-acl | is.network-acl.rule.read | One or more network ACL rules was retrieved |
Cluster network events
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region.
Resource | Action | Description |
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cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.cluster-network.create |
Cluster network was created |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.cluster-network.delete |
Cluster network was deleted |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.cluster-network.list |
Lists cluster networks |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.cluster-network.read |
Gets details of a cluster network |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.cluster-network.update |
Cluster network was updated |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.interface.attach |
Cluster network interface was attached |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.interface.create |
Cluster network interface was created |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.interface.delete |
Cluster network interface was deleted |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.interface.detach |
Cluster network interface was detached |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.interface.list |
Lists cluster network interfaces |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.interface.read |
Gets details of a cluster network interface |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.interface.update |
Cluster network interface was updated |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.profile.list |
Lists cluster network profiles |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.profile.read |
Gets details of cluster network profiles |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet.create |
Cluster network subnet was created |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet.delete |
Cluster network subnet was deleted |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet.list |
Lists cluster network subnets |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet.read |
Gets details of a cluster network subnet |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet.update |
Cluster network subnet was updated |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet-reserved-ip.attach |
Reserved IP was attached to a subnet |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet-reserved-ip.create |
Subnet reserved IP was created |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet-reserved-ip.delete |
Subnet reserved IP was deleted |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet-reserved-ip.detach |
Reserved IP was attached to a subnet |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet-reserved-ip.list |
Lists subnet reserved IPs |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet-reserved-ip.read |
Gets details of a subnet reserved IP |
cluster-networks | is.cluster-network.subnet-reserved-ip.update |
Subnet reserved IP was updated |
DNS resolution binding events
The following table lists the actions that are related to DNS resolution bindings.
Resource | Action | Description |
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DNS resolution binding | is.vpc.dns-resolution-binding.create | Creates a DNS resolution binding. Generates events for both hub VPC and DNS-shared VPCs. |
DNS resolution binding | is.vpc.dns-resolution-binding.update | Updates the name of a DNS resolution binding. |
DNS resolution binding | is.vpc.dns-resolution-binding.delete | Deletes a DNS resolution binding. Generate events for both hub VPC and DNS-shared VPCs. |
DNS resolution binding | is.vpc.dns-resolution-binding.read | Gets details of a DNS resolution binding. |
DNS resolution binding | is.vpc.dns-resolution-binding.list | Lists DNS resolution bindings. |
Although the DNS resolution binding is created or deleted by the DNS-shared VPC authorized user, the system is actually creating or deleting the DNS resolution binding objects for both the hub VPC and DNS-shared VPCs. Therefore, the system also generates the Activity Tracker event for both hub and DNS-shared VPCs.
Existing events include a new attribute:
is.vpc.vpc.{create,update}
- Includes a
dns
property and its object value in request data. is.vpc.vpc.{read,list}
- Includes a
dns
property and its object value in response data. is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.{create,update}
- Includes an
allow_dns_resolution_binding property
and its boolean value in both request and response data. is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.{list,read}
- Includes an
allow_dns_resolution_binding property
and its boolean value in response data.
Floating IP events
Resource | Action | Description |
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floating-ip | is.floating-ip.floating-ip.create | Floating IP was created |
floating-ip | is.floating-ip.floating-ip.update | Floating IP was updated |
floating-ip | is.floating-ip.floating-ip.delete | Floating IP was deleted |
floating-ip | is.floating-ip.floating-ip.read | One or more floating IP was retrieved |
floating-ip | is.floating-ip.floating-ip.attach | Floating IP was attached to a resource |
floating-ip | is.floating-ip.floating-ip.detach | Floating IP was detached from a resource |
Flow log events
The following table lists the actions that are related to flow logs and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
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flow-log-collector | is.flow-log-collector.flow-log-collector.create | Flow log collector was created |
flow-log-collector | is.flow-log-collector.flow-log-collector.delete | Flow log collector was deleted |
flow-log-collector | is.flow-log-collector.flow-log-collector.read | Flow log collector was read |
flow-log-collector | is.flow-log-collector.flow-log-collector.update | Flow log collector was updated |
Load balancer events
The following table lists the actions that are related to load balancers and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
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Load balancer | is.load-balancer.load-balancer.create | Load balancer was created |
Load balancer | is.load-balancer.load-balancer.update | Load balancer was updated |
Load balancer | is.load-balancer.load-balancer.delete | Load balancer was deleted |
Load balancer | is.load-balancer.load-balancer.read | Load balancer was read |
Listener | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener.create | Listener was created |
Listener | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener.update | Listener was updated |
Listener | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener.delete | Listener was deleted |
Listener | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener.read | Listener was read |
Pool | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool.create | Pool was created |
Pool | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool.update | Pool was updated |
Pool | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool.delete | Pool was deleted |
Pool | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool.read | Pool was read |
Member | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool-member.create | Member was created |
Member | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool-member.update | Member was updated |
Member | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool-member.delete | Member was deleted |
Member | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-pool-member.read | Member was read |
Policy | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy.create | Policy was created |
Policy | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy.update | Policy was updated |
Policy | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy.delete | Policy was deleted |
Policy | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy.read | Policy was read |
Rule | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy-rule.create | Rule was created |
Rule | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy-rule.update | Rule was updated |
Rule | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy-rule.delete | Rule was deleted |
Rule | is.load-balancer.load-balancer-listener-policy-rule.read | Rule was read |
Private Path service events
Resource | Action | Description |
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private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.private-path-service-gateway.read | One or more Private Path service gateway was retrieved |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.private-path-service-gateway.list | Private Path service gateway was listed |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.private-path-service-gateway.update | Private Path service gateway was updated |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.private-path-service-gateway.create /n is.private-path-service-gateway.load-balancer.attach /n is.load-balancer.private-path-service-gateway.attach | Private Path service gateway was created |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.private-path-service-gateway.delete /n is.private-path-service-gateway.load-balancer.detach /n is.load-balancer.private-path-service-gateway.detach | Private Path service gateway was deleted |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.private-path-service-gateway.publish | Private Path service gateway was published |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.load-balancer.detach /n is.is.load-balancer.private-path-service-gateway.detach | Private Path service gateway load balancer was deleted |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.load-balancer.attach /n is.load-balancer.private-path-service-gateway.attach | Private Path service gateway load balancer was attached |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.private-path-service-gateway.revoke-account /n is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.deny | Private Path service gateway account was revoked |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.read | Private Path service gateway consumer connection request was retrieved |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.list | Private Path service gateway consumer connection requests were listed |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.permit | Private Path service gateway consumer connection request was permitted |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.deny | Private Path service gateway consumer connection request was denied |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.create | Private Path service gateway consumer connection has been created |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.read | Private Path service gateway consumer connection request has been retrieved |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.endpoint-gateway-binding.delete | Private Path service gateway consumer connection has been deleted |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.account-policy.read | Private Path service gateway account policy has been retrieved |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.account-policy.list | Private Path service gateway account policy has been listed |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.account-policy.create | Private Path service gateway account policy has been created |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.account-policy.delete | Private Path service gateway account policy has been deleted |
private-path-service-gateway | is.private-path-service-gateway.account-policy.update | Private Path service gateway account policy has been updated |
Public gateway events
Resource | Action | Description |
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public-gateway | is.public-gateway.public-gateway.create | Public Gateway was created |
public-gateway | is.public-gateway.public-gateway.update | Public Gateway was updated |
public-gateway | is.public-gateway.public-gateway.delete | Public Gateway was deleted |
public-gateway | is.public-gateway.public-gateway.read | One or more public gateways were retrieved |
Reservations
Summary of is.reservation AT events:
Resource | Action | Description |
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is.reservation.reservation.create | Reserved Instance for VPC: create reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.activate | Reserved Instance for VPC: activate reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.activate | Reserved Instance for VPC: reservation <res-name> active |
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is.reservation.reservation.expire | Reserved Instance for VPC: expire reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.expire | Reserved Instance for VPC: reservation <res-name> expired |
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is.reservation.reservation.delete | Reserved Instance for VPC: delete reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.delete | Reserved Instance for VPC: reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.update | Reserved Instance for VPC: update reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.update | Reserved Instance for VPC: reservation <res-name> updated |
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is.reservation.reservation.read | Reserved Instance for VPC: read reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.list | Reserved Instance for VPC: list reservation | |
is.reservation.reservation.attach | Reserved Instance for VPC: attach reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.attach | Reserved Instance for VPC: attach reservationv<res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.attach | Reserved Instance for VPC: reservation <res-name> attached |
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is.reservation.reservation.detach | Reserved Instance for VPC: detach reservation <res-name> |
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is.reservation.reservation.detach | Reserved Instance for VPC: reservation <res-name> detached |
Summary of new is.instance AT events:
Resource | Action | Description |
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is.instance.instance.attach | Virtual Server for VPC: attach instance <ins-name> |
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is.instance.instance.attach | Virtual Server for VPC: attach instance <ins-name> |
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is.instance.instance.attach | Virtual Server for VPC: instance <ins-name> attached |
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is.instance.instance.detach | Virtual Server for VPC: detach instance <ins-name> |
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is.instance.instance.detach | Virtual Server for VPC: instance <ins-name> detached |
Reserved IPs
Resource | Action | Description |
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endpoint-gateway | is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.create is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.attach is.subnet.reserved-ip.create is.subnet.reserved-ip.attach is.security-group.security-group.attach | Endpoint gateway was created |
endpoint-gateway | is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.detach is.subnet.reserved-ip.detach is.subnet.reserved-ip.delete | Reserved IP was unbound from an endpoint gateway |
endpoint-gateway | is.subnet.reserved-ip.read | Reserved IP bound to an endpoint gateway was retrieved |
endpoint-gateway | is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.attach is.subnet.reserved-ip.attach | Reserved IP was bound to an endpoint gateway |
endpoint-gateway | is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.delete is.subnet.reserved-ip.detach is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.detach is.subnet.reserved-ip.delete is.security-group.security-group.detach | Endpoint gateway was deleted |
instance | is.instance.instance.create is.subnet.reserved-ip.create is.subnet.reserved-ip.attach is.instance.network-interface.attach | Instance was created |
instance | is.instance.instance.delete is.subnet.reserved-ip.detach is.subnet.reserved-ip.delete is.instance.network-interface.detach | Instance was deleted |
instance | is.instance.network-interface.create is.subnet.reserved-ip.create is.instance.network-interface.attach is.subnet.reserved-ip.attach | Network interface was created on an instance |
instance | is.instance.network-interface.delete is.subnet.reserved-ip.detach is.subnet.reserved-ip.delete is.instance.network-interface.detach | Network interface was deleted |
instance | is.subnet.reserved-ip.read | Reserved IPs bound to a network interface were listed |
instance | is.subnet.reserved-ip.read | Bound reserved IP was retrieved |
subnet | is.subnet.reserved-ip.read | Reserved IPs in a subnet were listed |
subnet | is.subnet.reserved-ip.create is.subnet.subnet.update is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.attach is.subnet.reserved-ip.attach | IP in a subnet was reserved |
subnet | is.subnet.subnet.update is.subnet.reserved-ip.delete | Reserved IP was released |
subnet | is.subnet.reserved-ip.read | Reserved IP was retrieved |
subnet | is.subnet.reserved-ip.update | Reserved IP was updated |
Routing table events
The following table lists the actions that are related to VPC routing tables and routes.
Starting 30 Sep 2024, VPC routing tables support tagging, which requires routing tables to be identified by a Cloud Resource Name (CRN). For AT event updates due to this feature, see Activity Tracker event changes for routing tables.
Resource | Action | Description |
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routing table | is.vpc.routing-table.create | Routing table was created |
routing table | is.vpc.routing-table.read | Routing table was retrieved (get and list) |
routing table | is.vpc.routing-table.update | Routing table was updated |
routing table | is.vpc.routing-table.delete | Routing table was deleted |
route | is.vpc.routing-table_route.create | Routing table route was created |
route | is.vpc.routing-table_route.update | Routing table route was updated |
route | is.vpc.routing-table_route.delete | Routing table route was deleted |
route | is.vpc.routing-table_route.read | Routing table route was retrieved (get and list) |
subnet | is.subnet.routing-table.read | Subnets attached to a routing table were retrieved |
subnet | is.subnet.routing-table.attach | Routing table was attached to a subnet |
Security group events
Resource | Action | Description |
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security-group | is.security-group.security-group.create | Security Group was created |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group.delete | Security Group was deleted |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group.update | Security Group was updated |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group.read | One or more security groups were retrieved |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group-rule.create | Rule was added to Security Group |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group-rule.delete | Rule was removed from Security Group |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group-rule.update | Security Group Rule was updated |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group-rule.read | One or more security group rules was retrieved |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group-interface.attach | Interface was attached to Security Group |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group-interface.detach | Interface was removed from Security Group |
security-group | is.security-group.security-group-interface.read | One or more security group interfaces was retrieved |
Subnet events
Resource | Action | Description |
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subnet | is.subnet.subnet.create | Subnet was created |
subnet | is.subnet.subnet.update | Subnet was updated |
subnet | is.subnet.subnet.delete | Subnet was deleted |
subnet | is.subnet.subnet.read | One or more subnets was retrieved |
subnet | is.subnet.network-acl.update | Subnet's Network ACL was replaced |
subnet | is.subnet.public-gateway.attach | Public Gateway was attached to Subnet |
subnet | is.subnet.public-gateway.detach | Public Gateway was detached from Subnet |
subnet | is.subnet.public-gateway.read | A subnet public-gateway attachment was retrieved |
Virtual network interface events
The following table lists the actions that are related to virtual network interfaces and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
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virtual-network-interface | is.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.list | Virtual network interface was listed |
virtual-network-interface | is.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.read | One Virtual Network Interface was retrieved |
virtual-network-interface | is.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.create | Virtual network interface was created. To determine if the VNI was created with protocol state filtering enabled, see Analyzing events. |
virtual-network-interface | is.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.attach | Virtual network interface was attached |
virtual-network-interface | is.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.detach | Virtual network interface was detached |
virtual-network-interface | is.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.update | Virtual network interface was updated. You can use to change the protocol state filtering mode. For mode values, see Analyzing events. |
virtual-network-interface | is.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.delete | Virtual network interface was deleted |
Virtual network interface target resource events
The following table lists the actions that are related to the target resources of virtual network interfaces and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
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virtual-network-interface | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.attach | Virtual network interface was attached to a bare metal server |
virtual-network-interface | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.detach | Virtual network interface was detached from a bare metal server |
virtual-network-interface | is.share.mount-target.attach | Virtual network interface was attached to a file share mount target |
virtual-network-interface | is.share.mount-target.detach | Virtual network interface was detached from a file share mount target |
virtual-network-interface | is.instance.network-attachment.attach | Virtual network interface was attached to a virtual server instance |
virtual-network-interface | is.instance.network-attachment.detach | Virtual network interface was detached from a virtual server instance |
Virtual private endpoint events
The following table lists the actions that are related to virtual private endpoints and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
endpoint-gateway | is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.create | Endpoint gateway was created |
endpoint-gateway | is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.delete | Endpoint gateway was deleted |
endpoint-gateway | is.endpoint-gateway.endpoint-gateway.update | Endpoint gateway was updated |
VPC events
Resource | Action | Description |
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vpc | is.vpc.vpc.create | VPC was created |
vpc | is.vpc.vpc.update | VPC was updated |
vpc | is.vpc.vpc.delete | VPC was deleted |
vpc | is.vpc.vpc.read | One or more VPC was retrieved |
vpc | is.vpc.address-prefix.create | Address Prefix was added to VPC |
vpc | is.vpc.address-prefix.update | VPC Address Prefix was updated |
vpc | is.vpc.address-prefix.delete | Address Prefix was removed from VPC |
vpc | is.vpc.address-prefix.read | One or more address prefixes were retrieved |
vpc | is.vpc.vpc-route.create | Route was added to VPC |
vpc | is.vpc.vpc-route.update | VPC Route was updated |
vpc | is.vpc.vpc-route.delete | Route was removed from VPC |
VPN gateway events
The following table lists the actions that are related to site-to-site VPN gateways and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
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vpn | is.vpn.vpn-gateway.create | VPN gateway was created |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-gateway.delete | VPN gateway was deleted |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-gateway.update | VPN gateway was updated |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-gateway.read | VPN gateway was retrieved |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-gateway.list | VPN gateways were listed |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection.create | VPN connection was created on VPN gateway |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection.delete | VPN connection was deleted from VPN gateway |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection.update | VPN connection was updated on VPN gateway |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection.read | VPN connection was retrieved from VPN gateway |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection.list | VPN gateway connections were listed |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_local-cidr.create | Local subnet was created on VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_local-cidr.delete | Local subnet was deleted from VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_local-cidr.read | Local subnet was retrieved from VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_local-cidr.list | Local subnets were listed from VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_peer-cidr.create | Peer subnet was created on VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_peer-cidr.delete | Peer subnet was deleted from VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_peer-cidr.read | Peer subnet was retrieved from VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.vpn-connection_peer-cidr.list | Peer subnets were listed from VPN gateway connection |
vpn | is.vpn.ike-policy.create | IKE policy was created |
vpn | is.vpn.ike-policy.delete | IKE policy was deleted |
vpn | is.vpn.ike-policy.update | IKE policy was updated |
vpn | is.vpn.ike-policy.read | IKE policy was retrieved |
vpn | is.vpn.ike-policy.list | IKE policies were listed |
vpn | is.vpn.ipsec-policy.create | IPsec policy was created |
vpn | is.vpn.ipsec-policy.delete | IPsec policy was deleted |
vpn | is.vpn.ipsec-policy.update | IPsec policy was updated |
vpn | is.vpn.ipsec-policy.read | IPsec policy was retrieved |
vpn | is.vpn.ipsec-policy.list | IPsec policies were listed |
VPN server events
The following table lists the actions that are related to client-to-site VPN servers and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server.create | VPN server was created |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server.delete | VPN server was deleted |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server.update | VPN server was updated |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server.read | VPN server was retrieved |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server.list | VPN servers were listed |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-configuration.read | VPN server configuration was downloaded |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-client.create | VPN client was connected to a VPN server |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-client.delete | VPN client was disconnected and deleted from a VPN server |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-client.read | VPN client was retrieved from a VPN server |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-client.list | VPN server clients were listed |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-client.disconnect | VPN client was disconnected from a VPN server, and deleted according to the VPN server's auto-deletion policy |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-route.create | VPN server route was created |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-route.delete | VPN server route was deleted |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-route.update | VPN server route was updated |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-route.read | VPN server route was retrieved |
vpn | is.vpn-server.vpn-server-route.list | VPN server routes were listed |
In client certificate authentication mode or client certificate and User ID/passcode authentication mode, authentication failure due to an invalid client certificate will not generate an activity track event.
Compute resources
The following tables list the actions that are related to compute resources and the generation of events.
Instance events
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
instance | is.instance.instance.create |
|
instance | is.instance.instance.delete | Instance was deleted |
instance | is.instance.instance.update | Instance was updated |
instance | is.instance.instance.read | One or more instances was retrieved |
instance | is.instance.action.create | Instance action was created |
instance | is.instance.action.delete | Pending instance action was deleted |
instance | is.instance.instance.start | Instance was started |
instance | is.instance.instance.stop | Instance was stopped |
instance | is.instance.console-access-token.create | A console access token was created |
instance | is.instance.console.read | Connection to the console was retrieved |
instance | is.instance.instance.volume-stop | Instance was stopped because a volume was suspended when its encryption key was deleted |
instance | is.instance.instance-template.create | Instance template was created |
instance | is.instance.instance-template.delete | Instance template was deleted |
instance | is.instance.instance-template.update | Instance template was updated |
instance | is.instance.instance-template.read | Instance template was retrieved |
instance | is.instance.network-interface.attach | Floating IP was associated to instance network interface |
instance | is.instance.network-interface.detach | Floating IP was disassociated from instance network interface |
instance | is.instance.volume-attachment.create | Instance volume attachment was created |
instance | is.instance.volume-attachment.delete | Instance volume attachment was deleted |
instance | is.instance.volume-attachment.update | Instance volume attachment was updated |
instance | is.instance.volume-attachment.read | One or more instance volume attachments was retrieved |
instance | is.instance.network-interface.create |
|
instance | is.instance.network-interface.update |
|
instance | is.instance.network-interface.delete | Instance network interface was deleted (Instance was detached from a subnet) |
instance | is.instance.network-interface.read | One or more instance network interfaces was retrieved |
instance | is.instance.network-attachment.create | Instance network attachment was created |
instance | is.instance.network-attachment.delete | Instance network attachment was deleted |
instance | is.instance.network-attachment.attach | Instance network attachment was attached to a resource |
instance | is.instance.network-attachment.detach | Instance network attachment was detached from a resource |
instance | is.instance.network-attachment.read | One or more network attachments was retrieved |
instance | is.instance.network-attachment.update | Instance network attachment was updated |
instance | is.instance.disk.read | One or more instance storage disks was retrieved |
instance | is.instance.disk.update | Instance storage disk name was updated |
instance | is.instance.disk.wipe | Instance storage disk was wiped clean |
instance | is.instance.gpu.wipe | Memory was wiped on the GPU for the Instance |
Instance Metadata service events
The instance metadata service events are undergoing changes and should not be used for automation. They are useful, however, for audit purposes.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.jwt-token.create | An instance identity token was created for accessing the Metadata service |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.computeresource-token.request | Synchronizes the metadata service and IAM activity tracker events when the requested instance identity token is created. |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance.initialization | Initialization information was retrieved for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance.read | Metadata information was retrieved for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-key.get | A public SSH key was retrieved for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-key.list | Public SSH keys were listed for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-network-interface.get | Network interface information was retrieved for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-network-interface.list | Network interfaces were listed for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-placement-group.get | Placement group information was retrieved for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-placement-group.list | Placement group information was listed for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-volume-attachment.get | A volume attachment was retrieved for the calling instance |
Instance Metadata | is.metadata.instance-volume-attachment.list | Volume attachments were listed for the calling instance |
Bare metal server events
Some fields for Bare Metal Servers for VPC AT events will be changing between the Beta and Limited Available (LA) releases. For more information, see Analyzing events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server.read | One or more bare metal servers was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server.create | Bare metal server was created |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server.update | Bare metal server was updated |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server.delete | Bare metal server was deleted |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server.restart | Bare metal server was restarted |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server.start | Bare metal server was started |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server.stop | Bare metal server was stopped |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.console.read | Bare metal server console connection was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.console-access-token.create | Bare metal server console access token was created |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.disk.read | One or more disks on a bare metal server was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.disk.update | Disk on a bare metal server was updated |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.initialization.read | Bare metal server's initialization data was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-interface.read | One or more network interfaces on a bare metal server was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-interface.create | Network interface was created on a bare metal server |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-interface.update | Network interface on a bare metal server was updated |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-interface.delete | Network interface on a bare metal server was deleted |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-interface-floating-ip.read | One or more floating IPs associated with a network interface was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-interface-floating-ip.attach | Floating IP was associated with a network interface |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-interface-floating-ip.detach | Floating IP was disassociated from a network interface |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.read | One or more network attachments on a bare metal server was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.create | Network attachment was created on a bare metal server |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.update | Network attachment on a bare metal server was updated |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.delete | Network attachment on a bare metal server was deleted |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.attach | Network attachment on a bare metal server was attached to a resource |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.network-attachment.detach | Network attachment on a bare metal server was detached from a resource |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server-profile.read | One or more bare metal server profiles was retrieved |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.bare-metal-server-firmware.update | Bare metal server firmware update was completed. |
Bare Metal Server | is.bare-metal-server.initialization.update | Bare metal server was reinitialized. |
Key events
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
key | is.key.key.create | Key was created |
key | is.key.key.delete | Key was deleted |
key | is.key.key.update | Key was updated |
key | is.key.key.read | One or more keys was retrieved |
Dedicated host events
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
dedicated-host | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host.create | Dedicated host was created |
dedicated-host | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host.update | Dedicated host or host disk was updated |
dedicated-host | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host.delete | Dedicated host was deleted |
dedicated-host | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host.read | One or more dedicated hosts or host disks were retrieved |
Dedicated host group events
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
dedicated-host-group | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host-group.create | Dedicated host group was created |
dedicated-host-group | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host-group.update | Dedicated host group was updated |
dedicated-host-group | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host-group.delete | Dedicated host group was deleted |
dedicated-host-group | is.dedicated-host.dedicated-host-group.read | One or more dedicated host groups was retrieved |
Instance group events
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
instance-group | is.instance-group.instance-group.create | Instance group was created |
instance-group | is.instance-group.instance-group.delete | Instance group was deleted |
instance-group | is.instance-group.instance-group.update | Instance group was updated |
instance-group | is.instance-group.instance-group.read | One or more instance groups were retrieved |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager.create | Instance group manager was created |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager.delete | Instance group manager was deleted |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager.update | Instance group manager was updated |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager.read | One or more instance group managers were retrieved |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager_policy.create | Instance group policy was created |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager_policy.delete | Instance group policy was deleted |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager_policy.update | Instance group policy was updated |
instance-group | is.instance-group.manager_policy.read | One or more instance group policies were retrieved |
instance-group | is.instance-group.load-balancer.create | Instance group load balancer was created |
instance-group | is.instance-group.load-balancer.delete | Instance group load balancer was deleted |
instance-group | is.instance-group.load-balancer.update | Instance group load balancer was updated |
instance-group | is.instance-group.load-balancer.detach | Instance group load balancer was detached |
instance-group | is.instance-group.load-balancer.read | One or more instance group load balancers were retrieved |
instance-group | is.instance-group.membership.create | Instance group membership was created |
instance-group | is.instance-group.membership.delete | Instance group membership was deleted |
instance-group | is.instance-group.membership.update | Instance group membership was updated |
instance-group | is.instance-group.membership.read | Instance group membership was retrieved |
instance-group | is.instance-group.instance.create | Instance group instance was created |
Image resources
The following table lists the actions that are related to image resources and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
image | is.image.image.create | Image was created |
image | is.image.image.delete | Image was deleted |
image | is.image.image.update | Image was updated |
image | is.image.image.read | Image was retrieved |
image | is.image.image.export | Image was exported |
image | is.image.image-export-job.create | Image export job was created |
image | is.image.image-export-job.delete | Image export job was deleted |
image | is.image.image-export-job.update | Image export job was updated |
image | is.image.image-export-job.read | Image export job was retrieved |
image | is.image.image-export-job.list | Image export jobs were listed |
For the image update event, if you are rotating the root key for an image, the CRN for the old key and new key remains the same. The ID for the new key that is rotated in is indicated in the kmsKeyRefID
field of the image.
Placement group resources
The following table lists the actions that are related to placement group resources and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
placement_group | is.placement-group.placement-group.create | Placement group was created |
placement_group | is.placement-group.placement-group.delete | Placement group was deleted |
placement_group | is.placement-group.placement-group.update | Placement group was updated |
instance | is.instance.instance.create | Instance was created and includes a placement group reference |
instance | is.instance.instance.update | Instance was updated and includes updates to the placement group reference |
Storage resources
Block Storage events
The following table lists the actions that are related to volume resources and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
volume | is.volume.volume.create | Volume was created |
volume | is.volume.volume.update | Volume was updated |
volume | is.volume.volume.delete | Volume was deleted |
volume | is.volume.volume.read | One or more volumes were retrieved |
volume | is.volume.volume.operate | Volume ID was specified |
An event does not contain a volume name if no information is available at the time of the event. For example, when you make a request to create a volume but do not provide a volume name, the information is not available and does not appear in the event.
Block storage snapshots events
The following table lists the actions that are related to snapshots resources and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
snapshot | is.snapshot.snapshot.create | Snapshot creation process started |
snapshot | is.snapshot.snapshot.capture | Volume data was captured |
snapshot | is.snapshot.snapshot.update | Snapshot was updated |
snapshot | is.snapshot.snapshot.delete | Snapshot was deleted |
snapshot | is.snapshot.snapshot.read | One or more snapshots were retrieved |
snapshot | is.snapshot.snapshot.restore | Volume was restored from a snapshot |
snapshot | is.snapshot.snapshot.operate | Source snapshot ID was specified |
Consistency group events
The following table lists the actions that are related to snapshot consistency group resources and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
snapshot-consistency-group | is.snapshot-consistency-group.snapshot-consistency-group.create | snapshot-consistency-group was created |
snapshot-consistency-group | is.snapshot-consistency-group.snapshot-consistency-group.update | snapshot-consistency-group was updated |
snapshot-consistency-group | is.snapshot-consistency-group.snapshot-consistency-group.delete | snapshot-consistency-group was deleted |
snapshot-consistency-group | is.snapshot-consistency-group.snapshot-consistency-group.read | One or more snapshot-consistency-group were retrieved |
File Storage events
The following table lists the actions that are related to file share resources and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
shares | is.share.share.create | File share was created |
shares | is.share.share.read | One or more file shares were retrieved |
shares | is.share.share.update | File share was updated |
shares | is.share.share.delete | File share was deleted |
shares | is.share.share.schedule.modification | The replication schedule was modified. |
shares | is.share.replica.read | The replica share was read |
shares | is.share.source.read | The source share was read |
shares | is.share.source.update | Updated share source |
shares | is.share.share.init | Replication Initialization status |
shares | is.share.share.failover | Replication Failover status |
shares | is.share.share.split | Replication Split status |
shares | is.share.accessor-binding.create | File share binding with accessor share was created. |
shares | is.share.accessor-binding.delete | File share binding deletion. |
shares | is.share.accessor-binding.list | List of all bindings for a file share was retrieved. |
shares | is.share.accessor-binding.read | One share binding for a file share was retrieved. |
share mount targets | is.share.mount-target.create | Mount target for a file share was created |
share mount targets | is.share.mount-target.read | One mount target for a file share was retrieved |
share mount targets | is.share.mount-target.list | List of all mount targets for a file share was retrieved |
share mount targets | is.share.mount-target.update | Mount target for a file share was modified |
share mount targets | is.share.mount-target.delete | Mount target for a file share was deleted |
Backup service events
The following table lists the actions that are related to the VPC Backup service resources and the generation of events.
Resource | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-policy.create | Backup policy was created |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-policy.update | Backup policy was updated |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-policy.delete | Backup policy was deleted |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-policy.list | One or more backup policies were retrieved |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-policy.read | Backup policy was retrieved |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-plan.create | Backup plan was created |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-plan.delete | Backup plan was deleted |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-plan.read | One or more backup plans were retrieved |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-job.read | One or more backup jobs were retrieved |
backup-policy | is.backup-policy.backup-policy-job.create | This event is triggered if an Enterprise-level backup policy fails to create backups in one or more child accounts due to missing service-to-service authorizations. |
Viewing events
Events that are generated by VPC resources are automatically forwarded to the IBM Cloud Activity Tracker service instance that is available in the same location.
IBM Cloud Activity Tracker can have only one instance per location. To view events, you must access the web UI of the IBM Cloud Activity Tracker service in the same location where your service instance is available. For more information, see Launching the UI through the IBM Cloud UI.
Analyzing events
Refer to the following information when you are analyzing events:
-
Activity Tracker actions are set to
read
for both the GET and LIST calls, for example,is.instance.instance.read
. However, for the LIST calls, thetarget.name
field is set to*
, whereas for the GET calls, it is set to the name of the resource. -
To determine if a virtual network interface is created with the protocol state filtering feature, look for the
protocol_state_filtering_mode
field in the AT eventsis.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.create
oris.virtual-network-interface.virtual-network-interface.update
. Values are as follows:0
sets the mode to Auto, which enables or disables filtering based on your VNI's target resource type. If the target type is a bare metal server or Elba virtual server instance, filtering is disabled; for other virtual server instances or a file share mount, filtering is enabled.1
enables protocol state filtering.2
disables protocol state filtering.
For more information, see Protocol state filtering mode.
-
When a user triggers an instance action change, an Activity Tracker log is generated. The action is specified to one of the following valid action types:
start
,stop
, andreboot
. -
The
target
field contains information about the top-level resources, for example, VPC, subnets, and instances (virtual machine). For subresources, such as volume-attachments and security-group rules, their unique identifier can be found from theresponseData.responseURI
field. The mapping to the parent resources is reflected by the URI. -
For events that are related to volume-attachments, the ID of the volume that was attached can be found indirectly by getting the ID of the volume-attachment from the
target.responseURI
field (which also contains the instance ID), and by using that ID to query the correspondingGET /instance/{instance_id}/volume-attachment/{volume-attachment-id}
API. The volume ID can be found from the response of the GET API call. -
For events that are related to Load Balancer requests, consider the following information:
You can get more data in the
requestData.requestPath
field. You can find details about a subresource such as a listener ID or rule ID.When you create resources, you can get IDs from the
responseData.responseContent
field.For update actions, the original value is not included. You can do a read action to get the value before you run an update on the resource.
-
The following fields for Bare Metal Servers for VPC AT events are changing between the Beta and LA releases:
-
The
severity
field in Beta events is not consistent with general practice within VPC and is corrected in the LA release. -
The
target resourceGroupID
field in Beta events does not include the CRN prefix. This is corrected in the LA release. -
Some Beta events include array data. If the array is too large, the event isn't recorded. For LA, these events display an array element count rather than the actual data.
-
-
Each time you open a console for a virtual server instance or bare metal server, two API calls are issued: the first one generates a console access token, the second one uses the generated token to open the console websocket.
This API call generates two Activity Tracker events:
is.instance.console-access-token.create
andis.instance.console.read
, oris.bare-metal-server.console-access-token.create
andis.bare-metal-server.console.read
.You cannot use
request id
to correlate console Activity Tracker events as each call generates a uniquerequest id
. Instead, you can useinitiator id
to correlate console events that are generated from API calls issued by the same user. -
You can find the detailed information and fields included in the requestData and responseData for the Bare Metal Servers for VPC AT events in the API documentation.