# Can not enable audit logs in percona mongodb 1.15.0 deployed via helm chart

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/can-not-enable-audit-logs-in-percona-mongodb-1-15-0-deployed-via-helm-chart/27043>\
**Category:** Percona Operator for MongoDB\
**Tags:** mongodb\
**Created:** [December 10, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-not-enable-audit-logs-in-percona-mongodb-1-15-0-deployed-via-helm-chart/27043 "2023-12-10T11:29:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ahmad\_Abdolmaleki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/ahmad_abdolmaleki/32/11996_2.png) [@Ahmad\_Abdolmaleki](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ahmad_Abdolmaleki)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-not-enable-audit-logs-in-percona-mongodb-1-15-0-deployed-via-helm-chart/27043/1 "2023-12-10T11:29:04Z")

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Dear Percona developers

I can’t enable audit log of mongos in mongodb-server deployed via helm chart

## Version:

1.15.0

## Additional Information:

Kubernetes 1.26

## Steps to Reproduce:

1- `helm install mongo-operator . -n mongo-ns`  
2- in valuse.yaml of mongo server helm chart:  
2.1 sharding.enabled: true  
2.2 uncomment sharding.mongos.auditLog block  
3- `helm install mongo-server . -n mongo-ns`

There is no auditlog file among Pod files.

Even when I add path under sharding.mongos.auditLog block it gives the following warning:

```auto
W1210 08:04:18.562770 949624 warnings.go:70] unknown field "spec.sharding.mongos.auditLog.path"

```

I set the configuration for mongos in sharding.mongos.configuration as:

```auto
    configuration: |
      systemLog:
        verbosity: 1
        destination: file
        logAppend: true
        path: /var/log/mongo/mongod.log
      auditLog:
        destination: file
        format: BSON
        path: /data/db/auditlog.bson
        filter: '{}'

```

yet it doesn’t work.

I saw comments in other posts about how to persist auditLog via sidecar and why sometimes it doesn’t produce an auditLog file because of the processManagement block in mongodb.conf.

How can I add

```auto
setParameter: { auditAuthorizationSuccess: true }

```

to config files to get success auth too?

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**Author:** ![Sergey\_Pronin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/sergey_pronin/32/14887_2.png) [@Sergey\_Pronin](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sergey_Pronin)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-not-enable-audit-logs-in-percona-mongodb-1-15-0-deployed-via-helm-chart/27043/2 "2023-12-11T09:39:59Z")

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Hello @Ahmad_Abdolmaleki ,

there are multiple things.

1. First, we need to be sure that we pass the parameters to mongos. The correct way to do with Helm is through values.yaml. It might look like this:

```auto
sharding:
  enabled: true
  mongos:
    configuration: |
      systemLog:
        verbosity: 1
      auditLog:
        destination: file
        format: BSON
        path: /data/db/auditlog.bson
        filter: '{}'

```

Now you can install your helm with this manifest:  
`helm install cluster1 percona/psmdb-db -f values.yaml`

This way you should see the config map created and the auditlog.bson in the container.

1. Logging successful authorization. To do it, just add the setParameter section into your manifest. So you values.yaml now looks like this:

```auto
sharding:
  enabled: true
  mongos:
    configuration: |
      setParameter:
        auditAuthorizationSuccess: true
      systemLog:
        verbosity: 1
      auditLog:
        destination: file
        format: BSON
        path: /data/db/auditlog.bson
        filter: '{}'

```

This is it.  
Please let me know if it worked for you.

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**Author:** ![Ahmad\_Abdolmaleki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/ahmad_abdolmaleki/32/11996_2.png) [@Ahmad\_Abdolmaleki](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ahmad_Abdolmaleki)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-not-enable-audit-logs-in-percona-mongodb-1-15-0-deployed-via-helm-chart/27043/3 "2023-12-23T04:16:17Z")

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I’ve already tried with these configs, and it failed. After your emphasis, I rechecked it, but this time it works 😵‍💫

Thanks