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=== Audit

The audit feature allows to capture <<audit-events,events>> occurring within the <<core>> and to store relevant information
about them. +
By default, events are written as entries into the `AuditEvent` table of the internal storage. +
Audit events can also be processed differently, for example when using the <<elasticsearch>> extension.

Once events are reported, they can be used as input for external tools.

==== Audit Events

The information provided for <<notification-events,notification events>> is also valid for audit events, including examples -
except for the admin console <<console-configuration-audit,tooling>>, which is naturally distinct.

==== Audit Event Processors

In addition to default processing, events are also available for custom handling via Audit Event Processors.
This allows to write implementations to route audit events to files, queues, sockets, syslog, etc.

Custom implementations must implement the
ifeval::["{snapshotOrRelease}" == "release"]
https://github.com/apache/syncope/blob/syncope-{docVersion}/core/provisioning-api/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/api/AuditEventProcessor.java[AuditEventProcessor^]
endif::[]
ifeval::["{snapshotOrRelease}" == "snapshot"]
https://github.com/apache/syncope/blob/4_0_X/core/provisioning-api/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/api/AuditEventProcessor.java[AuditEventProcessor^]
endif::[]
interface.
