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mod_measure_modules: Report module statuses via OpenMetrics Someone in the chat asked about a health check endpoint, which reminded me of mod_http_status, which provides access to module statuses with full details. After that, this idea came about, which seems natural. As noted in the README, it could be used to monitor that critical modules are in fact loaded correctly. As more modules use the status API, the more useful this module and mod_http_status becomes.
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2 summary: Audit Logging
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6 This module provides infrastructure for audit logging inside Prosody.
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8 ## What is audit logging?
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10 Audit logs will contain security sensitive events, both for server-wide
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11 incidents as well as user-specific.
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13 This module, however, only provides the infrastructure for audit logging. It
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14 does not, by itself, generate such logs. For that, other modules, such as
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15 `mod_audit_auth` or `mod_audit_register` need to be loaded.
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17 ## A note on privacy
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19 Audit logging is intended to ensure the security of a system. As such, its
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20 contents are often at the same time highly sensitive (containing user names
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21 and IP addresses, for instance) and allowed to be stored under common privacy
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22 regulations.
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24 Before using these modules, you may want to ensure that you are legally
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25 allowed to store the data for the amount of time these modules will store it.
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26 Note that it is currently not possible to store different event types with
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29 ## Viewing the log
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31 You can view the log using prosodyctl. This works even when Prosody is not
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32 running.
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34 For example, to view the full audit log for example.com:
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36 ```shell
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37 prosodyctl mod_audit example.com
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38 ```
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40 To view only host-wide events (those not attached to a specific user account),
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41 use the `--global` option (or use `--no-global` to hide such events):
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43 ```shell
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44 prosodyctl mod_audit --global example.com
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45 ```
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47 To narrow results to a specific user, specify their JID:
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49 ```shell
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50 prosodyctl mod_audit user@example.com
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51 ```