Auditing
In this chapter, we will learn how to set up, configure, and deploy auditing using MongoDB Enterprise Edition to showcase on-premises deployment and MongoDB Atlas for cloud-based deployment. Auditing is a mandatory requirement in regulated industries and is part of any best practice guideline around best security practices. By the end of this chapter, we will know how to deploy auditing on-premises or in a MongoDB Atlas environment, enabling us to design secure systems and comply with regulatory requirements if needed.
Auditing is a MongoDB feature that is only available in MongoDB Enterprise Edition and, at the time of writing, the non-shared instances of MongoDB Atlas, the M10 size or larger.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Auditing and logging differences
- Audit setup in MongoDB Enterprise Edition
- Audit setup in MongoDB Atlas, the cloud-based DBaaS offering by MongoDB
- Audit case study
