How Do I Back Up the Database Audit Logs?

Database audit supports manual backup and automatic backup. Audit logs are backed up to OBS. Buckets will be automatically created and will incur a separate bill.

Perform the following operations to automatically back up audit logs.

Managing Backup and Restoration

Log in to the DBSS console.
Click in the upper left corner on the displayed page and select a region.
In the navigation tree on the left, choose Settings.
In the Instance drop-down list, select an instance to configure alarm notifications.
Click the Backup and Restoration tab page.

Automatically Backing Up Database Audit Logs

Click Modify Automated Backup Settings in the upper right corner. In the displayed dialog box, configure auto backup parameters. For details, see Table 1.

Figure 1 Configure Automatic Backup dialog box
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**Table 1** Parameters
Parameter	Description	Example Value
Automatic Backup	Status of automatic backup : enabled : disabled
Backup Period	Automatic backup period. Its options are as follows: Daily Hourly	Daily
Started	Start time of the backup. Click to configure.	2020/01/14 20:27:08
Bucket Name	Name of the OBS bucket used for backup. Its options are as follows: Create Default Bucket Select Bucket NOTE: If you click Create Default Bucket, you will be prompted to authorize OBS for exporting audit log backups. Audit logs can be exported only to the bucket created by DBSS.	20f18-7a5a-4042
Export Directory	Directory for storing backup files in the OBS bucket.	test
Authorize Automated Backup	Authorize automatic backup before setting an automatic backup task. If you select this option, DBSS can read and write the OBS bucket for audit log backup and export. CAUTION: Automated backup takes effect about 15 minutes after authorization is completed.	Selected

Click OK.

After the automatic backup function is configured, new data in the database will be backed up one hour later. Then you can view the backup information.