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Configuring the audit log for your enterprise

In this article

You can configure settings for your enterprise's audit log.

Who can use this feature

Enterprise owners can configure the audit log.

About audit log configuration

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

Configuring a retention period for audit log data

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

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

    Screenshot of the drop-down menu that appears when you click the profile photo on GitHub Enterprise Server. The "Enterprise settings" option is highlighted in a dark orange outline.

  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.