P4AUDIT

Location of the audit log file.

Usage Notes

Used by Client?	Used by Server?	Command-Line Alternative	Can be set in P4CONFIG file?
No	Yes	p4d -A auditlog	N/A

Value if not Explicitly Set

Operating System	Value
All	None. If no log file is specified, auditing is disabled.

Notes

P4AUDIT specifies the location of the audit log file.

When auditing is enabled, Helix Server adds a line to the audit log file every time file content is transferred from the shared versioning service to any user. On an active installation, the audit log file will grow very quickly.

Lines in the audit log appear in the form:

datetimeuser@clientclientIPcommandfile#rev

For example:

2011/05/09 09:52:45 karl@nail 192.168.0.12 diff //depot/src/x.c#1
2011/05/09 09:54:13 jim@stone 127.0.0.1 sync //depot/inc/file.h#1

If a command is run on the same physical machine that hosts the Perforce service, the clientIP is shown as 127.0.0.1.

For commands that arrive through a Helix Proxy, the IP address is reported in the form proxyIP/clientIP, and the command is reported as command-proxy.

In order to ensure that user activity on replica and edge servers (specifically in environments involving build farm replicas, forwarding replicas, and/or edge servers) is tracked, each replica or edge server must have P4AUDIT configured.

For more information, see Helix Core Server Administrator Guide: Multi-Site Deployment.