Enabling Audit Service
Last updated: 2025-11-28 18:13:26
Tencent Cloud provides database audit capabilities for TencentDB for MySQL, which can record accesses to databases and executions of SQL statements to help you manage risks and improve the database security.
Prerequisite
Supported Versions and Architectures
Database audit currently supports database kernel versions MySQL 5.6 20180122 and later versions, MySQL 5.7 20190429 and later versions, and MySQL 8.0 20210330 and later versions.
The supported instance architectures include two-node, three-node, and Cluster Edition. Read-only instances are also supported for database audit.
TencentDB for MySQL 5.5 instances, TencentDB for MySQL single-node (cloud disk) instances, the read-only analysis engine, and two-node economical instances do not support database audit.
Directions
1. Log in to the TencentDB for MySQL console.
2. On the left sidebar, click Database Audit.
3. Select a region at the top, click the Audit Log Storage Status field on the Audit Instance page, and select Disabled to filter instances with the audit service disabled.
4. Find the target instance in the audit instance list, or search for it by resource attribute in the search box, and click Enable Database Audit in the Operation column.
Note:
You can batch enable the audit service for multiple target instances by selecting them in the audit instance list and clicking Enable Database Audit above the list.
5. On the page for enabling the audit service, sequentially complete the audit instance selection, audit type settings, audit service settings, and advanced performance analysis settings. Read and check the Tencent Cloud Service Agreement, then click OK.
5.1 Audit instance selection
In the Select Audit Instance section, all instances selected in step 4 are selected by default. You can select other or more target instances in this window or search for target instances by instance ID/name in the search box. Then, set the audit rule.
5.2 Audit rule settings
In the Audit Rule Settings section, select Full Audit or Rule-Based Audit. Their differences are as detailed below:
Parameter | Description |
Full audit | Full audit records all database accesses and SQL statement executions. |
Rule-based audit | Rule auditing will chronicle the access to the database and the execution of SQL statements, in accordance with the bespoke audit rules. |
When the audit type is set to full audit
, there are two actual operational scenarios in the console, for which you may refer to the corresponding procedures.Choose from existing rule templates or decide to create a new rule template. For detailed steps on creating a new template, please refer to Creating Rule Templates.
Note:
You may apply up to five rule templates, and the relationship between different rule templates is of 'or' nature.
The rule templates are intended for instances with 'Full Audit' type, serving the sole purpose of assigning risk levels and alert policies to audit logs that match the rules of the template. The audit logs that do not match the rules will still be preserved.
If you select Rule-Based Audit, you need to select Create rule or Select from rule templates. If you select an existing rule from rule templates, you can directly configure audit. If there are no appropriate rule templates, you can create a new one, refresh the page, and select it. For detailed directions, see Creating Rule Template.
Note:
You may apply up to five rule templates, with the relationship between different rule templates being "or".
Rule templates are targeted at instances with the audit type of "rule audit". They are used for retaining audit logs that hit the template rules, setting risk levels, and establishing alarm strategies. Audit logs that do not hit the rule content are no longer retained.
5.3
Audit service settings
In the Configure Audit section, set Log Retention Period, Frequent Access Storage Period, and Infrequent Access Storage Period, read and indicate your content to the Tencent Cloud Terms of Service, and click OK.
Parameter | Description |
Log Retention Period | The audit log retention period in days, which can be 7, 30, 90, 180, 365, 1,095, or 1,825 days. |
Frequent Access Storage Period | Frequent access storage has the best query performance as it uses ultra-high-performance storage media. Audit data is initially stored in frequent access storage for the time period specified here, after which it is automatically transitioned to infrequent access storage. These two storage types only differ in performance but both support auditing. For example, if the log retention period is set to 30 days, and frequent access storage period is set to 7 days, then the infrequent access storage period will be 23 days by default. |
5.4 Advanced performance analysis
SQL Analysis: TencentDB for DBbrain provides comprehensive capabilities for locating and analyzing database issues based on the database audit. It supports the localization of abnormal SQL queries, SQL template aggregation statistics, and multi-dimensional performance comparison. This option is enabled by default and can be manually disabled. Once the option is disabled, the SQL analysis capability is disabled.
Note:
The SQL analysis feature is currently in open beta and is available for a free trial. Once the beta phase concludes, TencentDB for DBbrain will officially introduce a commercial billing plan. You can refer to the official announcement for specific pricing details at that time. For more details about SQL analysis, see SQL Analysis (MySQL).
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