Disable Auditing

This article explains how to disable auditing for a database.

The auditing function in Exasol captures details for every session and every executed SQL statement. Auditing is enabled by default on a new database. For more information, see Auditing.

Disabling auditing does not remove data that was already saved in the auditing tables. To remove the auditing data, use the TRUNCATE AUDIT LOGS statement.

Prerequisites

The database must be stopped. For more information, see Stop a Database.

Procedure

This procedure uses the command-line tool confd_client, which is available on all database nodes. For more information, see ConfD.

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  1. Connect to the cluster operating system (COS) using c4 connect -i PLAY_ID -s cos.

    Example:
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    ./c4 connect -i c3275f84 -s cos

    For more information about how to use c4 connect, see How to use c4.

  2. To find the database name when you are connected to COS, use the ConfD job db_list.

    Example:
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    confd_client db_list
    - MY_DATABASE

  3. If the database is running, stop it now using the ConfD job db_stop. For example:

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    confd_client db_stop db_name: MY_DATABASE

  4. To disable auditing, use the ConfD job db_configure and set enable_auditing to false. For example:

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    confd_client db_configure db_name: MY_DATABASE enable_auditing: false

  5. Start the database using the ConfD job db_start. For example:

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    confd_client db_start db_name: MY_DATABASE

Verification

To verify that the database is configured with the new properties, use the ConfD job db_info. For example:

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confd_client db_info db_name: MY_DATABASE