# MongoDB operator: Support for accessing syslog and mounting additional volumes for audit collection

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-operator-support-for-accessing-syslog-and-mounting-additional-volumes-for-audit-collection/29111>\
**Category:** Percona Operator for MongoDB\
**Tags:** mongodb, psmdb-operator\
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-operator-support-for-accessing-syslog-and-mounting-additional-volumes-for-audit-collection/29111 "2024-03-13T11:57:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Balaal\_Ashraf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/balaal_ashraf/32/15609_2.png) [@Balaal\_Ashraf](https://forums.percona.com/u/Balaal_Ashraf)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-operator-support-for-accessing-syslog-and-mounting-additional-volumes-for-audit-collection/29111/1 "2024-03-13T11:57:51Z")

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## Description:

MongoDB operator: Support for accessing syslog and mounting additional volumes for audit collection

## Proposal

Add the ability to configure syslog and add option to mount additional volumes, so i can use a sidecar like fluentbit to collect audit logs

If this is already possible, can someone please guide me how this can be setup, using the psmdb-db helm chart? [percona-helm-charts/charts/psmdb-db/README.md at main · percona/percona-helm-charts · GitHub](https://github.com/percona/percona-helm-charts/blob/main/charts/psmdb-db/README.md)

## Use-Case

Currently i cannot access [audit logs](https://docs.percona.com/percona-server-for-mongodb/7.0/audit-logging.html) in `syslog` or `file` format as i cannot access these directories from a sidecar. Having the option to modify rsyslog.conf or mounting volumes on the `mongod` pod will allow me to collect the logs using fluent-bit

In the existing operator, we can add volumes and mounts to sidecars, but there is no `extraVolumes` or `additionalVolumes` property available for the mongod replicaset itself, so i cannot expose directories for fluentbit to collect from

For our SIEM monitoring, we have a requirement to collect audit events from MongoDB

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Sarzhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/slava_sarzhan/32/3196_2.png) [@Slava\_Sarzhan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Slava_Sarzhan)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-operator-support-for-accessing-syslog-and-mounting-additional-volumes-for-audit-collection/29111/2 "2024-03-27T12:17:37Z")

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Hi @Balaal_Ashraf, we do not have this feature now. Could you please create the task in [Percona Operator for MongoDB - Issues - Percona JIRA](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/K8SPSMDB) project?

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**Author:** ![Balaal\_Ashraf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/balaal_ashraf/32/15609_2.png) [@Balaal\_Ashraf](https://forums.percona.com/u/Balaal_Ashraf)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-operator-support-for-accessing-syslog-and-mounting-additional-volumes-for-audit-collection/29111/3 "2024-04-17T16:38:21Z")

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Sorry for the late response. Now added as [[K8SPSMDB-1069] - Percona JIRA](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/K8SPSMDB-1069) - Let me know if there is the option to contribute, as i would be more than happy to!