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layout: "api"
page_title: "/sys/audit - HTTP API"
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sidebar_title: "<tt>/sys/audit</tt>"
sidebar_current: "api-http-system-audit/"
description: |-
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The `/sys/audit` endpoint is used to enable and disable audit devices.
---
# `/sys/audit`
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The `/sys/audit` endpoint is used to list, enable, and disable audit devices.
Audit devices must be enabled before use, and more than one device may be
enabled at a time.
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## List Enabled Audit Devices
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This endpoint lists only the enabled audit devices (it does not list all
available audit devices).
- **`sudo` required**  This endpoint requires `sudo` capability in addition to
any path-specific capabilities.
| Method | Path | Produces |
| :------- | :--------------------------- | :--------------------- |
| `GET` | `/sys/audit` | `200 application/json` |
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/audit
```
### Sample Response
```javascript
{
"file": {
"type": "file",
"description": "Store logs in a file",
"options": {
"file_path": "/var/log/vault.log"
}
}
}
```
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## Enable Audit Device
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This endpoint enables a new audit device at the supplied path. The path can be a
single word name or a more complex, nested path.
- **`sudo` required**  This endpoint requires `sudo` capability in addition to
any path-specific capabilities.
| Method | Path | Produces |
| :------- | :--------------------------- | :--------------------- |
| `PUT` | `/sys/audit/:path` | `204 (empty body)` |
### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)`  Specifies the path in which to enable the audit
device. This is part of the request URL.
- `description` `(string: "")`  Specifies a human-friendly description of the
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audit device.
- `options` `(map<string|string>: nil)`  Specifies configuration options to
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pass to the audit device itself. This is dependent on the audit device type.
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- `type` `(string: <required>)`  Specifies the type of the audit device.
Additionally, the following options are allowed in Vault open-source, but
relevant functionality is only supported in Vault Enterprise:
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- `local` `(bool: false)` Specifies if the audit device is a local only. Local
audit devices are not replicated nor (if a secondary) removed by replication.
### Sample Payload
```json
{
"type": "file",
"options": {
"file_path": "/var/log/vault/log"
}
}
```
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request PUT \
--data @payload.json \
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http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/audit/example-audit
```
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## Disable Audit Device
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This endpoint disables the audit device at the given path.
- **`sudo` required**  This endpoint requires `sudo` capability in addition to
any path-specific capabilities.
| Method | Path | Produces |
| :------- | :--------------------------- | :--------------------- |
| `DELETE` | `/sys/audit/:path` | `204 (empty body)` |
### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)`  Specifies the path of the audit device to
delete. This is part of the request URL.
### Sample Request
```
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request DELETE \
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http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/audit/example-audit
```