Auditing Couchbase N1QL Statements

Couchbase Server 5.5 introduces enhanced auditing capabilities for N1QL actions, building on the general audit functionality initiated in version 5.0, but only available in the Enterprise edition. This auditing feature allows administrators to monitor data access, crucial for sensitive information, by tracking which N1QL statements are executed and by whom, although it does not support record-level auditing as it logs statements rather than individual records. Auditing is configured through the Couchbase Admin console, where administrators can specify which types of statements to audit, manage log files, and whitelist trusted users to reduce log entries. The system supports two types of events for auditing: N1QL statement types and API requests, with forward filtering added in version 5.5 to enhance efficiency by letting the query engine send only relevant audit records to the audit demon. Additionally, audit records, stored as JSON files, can be imported into the database using the cbimport utility, allowing for further analysis and querying, although selectivity by document characteristics is not supported.

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