Auditing in websphere portal8

                                                                  Portal ships an auditing function that allows users to log certain events and their originators into a separate log file. This file can then be used to track administrative activities. For each event the timestamp, an optional transaction ID, an optional project ID, the user performing the action, and individual event details are logged. If the user performing the action (for example, Bob) is being impersonated by another user (for example, Alice), the user is shown as [Bob[Alice]] in the log file.

You can use the auditing function on the following events:-

• Creating, modifying and deleting users and groups
• Assigning and revoking roles to and from users
• Modifying role blocks
• Modifying resource ownership
• Creating, modifying and deleting protected resources
• Externalizing and internalizing resources
• Installing and uninstalling Web modules
• Creating and deleting application roles
• Assigning and revoking application roles to and from users
• Adding and deleting roles to application roles
• Initializing a database domain
• Creating, modifying and deleting portlet applications by using IBM Lotus Component Designer.
• Starting and ending impersonating a user or impersonating a user without the appropriate permission

Activating auditing service :-

To activate and configure the auditing function, modify the auditing service settings in the Auditing Service as given below

Modify audit.service.enable to true, Restart server for changes to effect.