Configuring the audit log for your enterprise

About audit log configuration

You can configure a retention period for audit log data and see index storage details.

After you configure a retention period, you can enable or disable Git-related events from appearing in the audit log.

Configuring a retention period for audit log data

You can configure a retention period for audit log data for your enterprise. Data that exceeds the period you configure will be permanently removed from disk.

1. In the top-right corner of GitHub AE, click your profile photo, then click Enterprise settings.

2. In the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.

3. Under " Settings", click Audit log.

4. Under "Audit log", click Audit Data Retention.

   

5. Under "Configure audit log retention settings", select the dropdown menu and click a retention period.

   

6. Click Save.

Managing Git events in the audit log

You can enable or disable Git-related events, such as git.clone and git.push, from appearing in your audit log. For a list of the Git events are are logged, see "Audit log events for your enterprise."

Before you can enable Git events in the audit log, you must configure a retention period for audit log data other than "infinite." For more information, see "Configuring a retention period for audit log data."

1. In the top-right corner of GitHub AE, click your profile photo, then click Enterprise settings.

2. In the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.

3. Under " Settings", click Audit log.

4. Under "Audit log", click Audit Data Retention.

   

5. Under "Git event opt-in", select or deselect Enable git events in the audit-log.

   

6. Click Save.