MongoDB Access Tracking API
Returns access logs for authentication attempts made to Atlas database deployments. To view database access history, you must have either the Project Owner or Organization Owner role.
Returns access logs for authentication attempts made to Atlas database deployments. To view database access history, you must have either the Project Owner or Organization Owner role.
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
description: "The MongoDB Atlas Administration API allows developers to manage all components in MongoDB Atlas.\n\nThe Atlas Administration API supports OAuth2 Service Accounts and HTTP Digest-based API keys. Service accounts are the recommended authentication method and API keys are considered a legacy option.\n\nTo authenticate with a Service Account, first exchange its client ID and secret for an access token using the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow. Atlas provides a token endpoint at `POST https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/oauth/token`, which returns a Bearer token that is reusable and valid for 1 hour (3600 seconds).\n\nFor example, to [return a list of your organizations](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/api/doc/atlas-admin-api-v2/operation/operation-listorgs) with [cURL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL), first generate an access token and then use that token to call the same Atlas Administration API endpoint shown in the current example:\n\n```\nACCESS_TOKEN=$(curl -fsS --request POST https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/oauth/token \\\n --header \"Authorization: Basic $(printf '%s' \"${CLIENT_ID}:${CLIENT_SECRET}\" | base64 | tr -d '\\n')\" \\\n --header \"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\" \\\n --header \"Accept: application/json\" \\\n --data \"grant_type=client_credentials\" | jq -r '.access_token')\n\ncurl --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}\" \\\n --header \"Accept: application/vnd.atlas.2025-03-12+json\" \\\n -X GET \"https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v2/orgs?pretty=true\"\n```\n\nIf your organization requires an IP access list for the Atlas Administration API, the token can be created from any IP address, but the API call that uses the token must originate from an allowed IP.\n\nTo learn more, see [Get Started with the Atlas Administration API](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/configure-api-access/). For support, see [MongoDB Support](https://www.mongodb.com/support/get-started).\n\nYou can also explore the various endpoints available through the Atlas Administration API in MongoDB's [Postman workspace](https://www.postman.com/mongodb-devrel/workspace/mongodb-atlas-administration-apis/) (requires a Postman account)."
license:
name: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US
url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
termsOfService: https://www.mongodb.com/mongodb-management-service-terms-and-conditions
title: MongoDB Atlas Administration Access Tracking API
version: '2.0'
x-xgen-sha: 3d70e065843c008b9871ea7836c98c9de6f202f9
servers:
- url: https://cloud.mongodb.com
security:
- ServiceAccounts: []
- DigestAuth: []
tags:
- description: Returns access logs for authentication attempts made to Atlas database deployments. To view database access history, you must have either the Project Owner or Organization Owner role.
name: Access Tracking
paths:
/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/dbAccessHistory/clusters/{clusterName}:
get:
description: Returns the access logs of one cluster identified by the cluster's name. Access logs contain a list of authentication requests made against your cluster. You can't use this feature on tenant-tier clusters (M0, M2, M5). To use this resource, the requesting Service Account or API Key must have the Project Monitoring Admin role, the Project Database Access Admin role, or the Project Cluster Log Viewer role.
externalDocs:
description: Database Access History
url: https://docs.atlas.mongodb.com/access-tracking/
operationId: getGroupDbAccessHistoryCluster
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/envelope'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/groupId'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/pretty'
- description: Flag that indicates whether the response returns the successful authentication attempts only.
in: query
name: authResult
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Human-readable label that identifies the cluster.
in: path
name: clusterName
required: true
schema:
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
type: string
- description: Date and time when to stop retrieving database history. If you specify **end**, you must also specify **start**. This parameter uses UNIX epoch time in milliseconds.
in: query
name: end
schema:
format: int64
minimum: 1199145600000
type: integer
- description: One Internet Protocol address that attempted to authenticate with the database.
in: query
name: ipAddress
schema:
pattern: ^((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1\d|[1-9]|)\d)(\.(?!$)|$)){4}|([0-9a-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9a-f]{1,4}$
type: string
- description: Maximum number of lines from the log to return.
in: query
name: nLogs
schema:
default: 20000
format: int32
maximum: 20000
minimum: 0
type: integer
- description: Date and time when MongoDB Cloud begins retrieving database history. If you specify **start**, you must also specify **end**. This parameter uses UNIX epoch time in milliseconds.
in: query
name: start
schema:
format: int64
minimum: 1199145600000
type: integer
responses:
'200':
content:
application/vnd.atlas.2023-01-01+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MongoDBAccessLogsList'
x-xgen-version: '2023-01-01'
description: OK
headers:
RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/HeaderRateLimitLimit'
RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/HeaderRateLimitRemaining'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/notFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/tooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
summary: Return Database Access History for One Cluster by Cluster Name
tags:
- Access Tracking
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
label: Atlas CLI
source: atlas api accessTracking getAccessHistoryCluster --help
- lang: go
label: Go
source: "import (\n\t\"os\"\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"log\"\n\tsdk \"go.mongodb.org/atlas-sdk/v20250312001/admin\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tctx := context.Background()\n\tclientID := os.Getenv(\"MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_ID\")\n\tclientSecret := os.Getenv(\"MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_SECRET\")\n\n\t// See https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-go-sdk-oauth\n\tclient, err := sdk.NewClient(sdk.UseOAuthAuth(clientID, clientSecret))\n\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tlog.Fatalf(\"Error: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tparams = &sdk.GetGroupDbAccessHistoryClusterApiParams{}\n\tsdkResp, httpResp, err := client.AccessTrackingApi.\n\t\tGetGroupDbAccessHistoryClusterWithParams(ctx, params).\n\t\tExecute()\n}\n"
- lang: cURL
label: curl (Service Accounts)
source: "curl --include --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}\" \\\n --header \"Accept: application/vnd.atlas.2025-03-12+json\" \\\n -X GET \"https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/dbAccessHistory/clusters/{clusterName}?pretty=true\""
- lang: cURL
label: curl (Digest)
source: "curl --user \"${PUBLIC_KEY}:${PRIVATE_KEY}\" \\\n --digest --include \\\n --header \"Accept: application/vnd.atlas.2025-03-12+json\" \\\n -X GET \"https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/dbAccessHistory/clusters/{clusterName}?pretty=true\""
x-rolesRequirements:
- Project Cluster Log Viewer
- Project Database Access Admin
x-xgen-docs-url: https://mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/v2/#tag/Access-Tracking/operation/getGroupDbAccessHistoryCluster
x-xgen-operation-id-override: getAccessHistoryCluster
/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/dbAccessHistory/processes/{hostname}:
get:
description: Returns the access logs of one cluster identified by the cluster's hostname. Access logs contain a list of authentication requests made against your clusters. You can't use this feature on tenant-tier clusters (M0, M2, M5). To use this resource, the requesting Service Account or API Key must have the Project Monitoring Admin role, the Project Database Access Admin role, or the Project Cluster Log Viewer role.
externalDocs:
description: Database Access History
url: https://docs.atlas.mongodb.com/access-tracking/
operationId: getGroupDbAccessHistoryProcess
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/envelope'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/groupId'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/pretty'
- description: Flag that indicates whether the response returns the successful authentication attempts only.
in: query
name: authResult
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Date and time when to stop retrieving database history. If you specify **end**, you must also specify **start**. This parameter uses UNIX epoch time in milliseconds.
in: query
name: end
schema:
format: int64
minimum: 1199145600000
type: integer
- description: Fully qualified domain name or IP address of the MongoDB host that stores the log files that you want to download.
in: path
name: hostname
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: One Internet Protocol address that attempted to authenticate with the database.
in: query
name: ipAddress
schema:
pattern: ^((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1\d|[1-9]|)\d)(\.(?!$)|$)){4}|([0-9a-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9a-f]{1,4}$
type: string
- description: Maximum number of lines from the log to return.
in: query
name: nLogs
schema:
default: 20000
format: int32
maximum: 20000
minimum: 0
type: integer
- description: Date and time when MongoDB Cloud begins retrieving database history. If you specify **start**, you must also specify **end**. This parameter uses UNIX epoch time in milliseconds.
in: query
name: start
schema:
format: int64
minimum: 1199145600000
type: integer
responses:
'200':
content:
application/vnd.atlas.2023-01-01+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MongoDBAccessLogsList'
x-xgen-version: '2023-01-01'
description: OK
headers:
RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/HeaderRateLimitLimit'
RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/HeaderRateLimitRemaining'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/notFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/tooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
summary: Return Database Access History for One Cluster by Hostname
tags:
- Access Tracking
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
label: Atlas CLI
source: atlas api accessTracking getAccessHistoryProcess --help
- lang: go
label: Go
source: "import (\n\t\"os\"\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"log\"\n\tsdk \"go.mongodb.org/atlas-sdk/v20250312001/admin\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tctx := context.Background()\n\tclientID := os.Getenv(\"MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_ID\")\n\tclientSecret := os.Getenv(\"MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_SECRET\")\n\n\t// See https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-go-sdk-oauth\n\tclient, err := sdk.NewClient(sdk.UseOAuthAuth(clientID, clientSecret))\n\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tlog.Fatalf(\"Error: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tparams = &sdk.GetGroupDbAccessHistoryProcessApiParams{}\n\tsdkResp, httpResp, err := client.AccessTrackingApi.\n\t\tGetGroupDbAccessHistoryProcessWithParams(ctx, params).\n\t\tExecute()\n}\n"
- lang: cURL
label: curl (Service Accounts)
source: "curl --include --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}\" \\\n --header \"Accept: application/vnd.atlas.2025-03-12+json\" \\\n -X GET \"https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/dbAccessHistory/processes/{hostname}?pretty=true\""
- lang: cURL
label: curl (Digest)
source: "curl --user \"${PUBLIC_KEY}:${PRIVATE_KEY}\" \\\n --digest --include \\\n --header \"Accept: application/vnd.atlas.2025-03-12+json\" \\\n -X GET \"https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/dbAccessHistory/processes/{hostname}?pretty=true\""
x-rolesRequirements:
- Project Cluster Log Viewer
- Project Database Access Admin
x-xgen-docs-url: https://mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/v2/#tag/Access-Tracking/operation/getGroupDbAccessHistoryProcess
x-xgen-operation-id-override: getAccessHistoryProcess
components:
headers:
HeaderRateLimitLimit:
description: The maximum number of requests that a user can make within a specific time window.
schema:
type: integer
HeaderRetryAfter:
description: The minimum time you should wait, in seconds, before retrying the API request. This header might be returned for 429 or 503 error responses.
schema:
type: integer
HeaderRateLimitRemaining:
description: The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window before the limit is reached.
schema:
type: integer
responses:
badRequest:
content:
application/json:
example:
detail: (This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint) No provider AWS exists.
error: 400
errorCode: VALIDATION_ERROR
reason: Bad Request
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
description: Bad Request.
internalServerError:
content:
application/json:
example:
detail: (This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)
error: 500
errorCode: UNEXPECTED_ERROR
reason: Internal Server Error
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
description: Internal Server Error.
tooManyRequests:
content:
application/json:
example:
detail: (This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)
error: 429
errorCode: RATE_LIMITED
reason: Too Many Requests
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
description: Too Many Requests.
headers:
RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/HeaderRateLimitLimit'
RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/HeaderRateLimitRemaining'
Retry-After:
$ref: '#/components/headers/HeaderRetryAfter'
notFound:
content:
application/json:
example:
detail: (This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint) Cannot find resource AWS
error: 404
errorCode: RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
reason: Not Found
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
description: Not Found.
unauthorized:
content:
application/json:
example:
detail: (This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)
error: 401
errorCode: NOT_ORG_GROUP_CREATOR
reason: Unauthorized
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
description: Unauthorized.
forbidden:
content:
application/json:
example:
detail: (This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)
error: 403
errorCode: CANNOT_CHANGE_GROUP_NAME
reason: Forbidden
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
description: Forbidden.
parameters:
groupId:
description: 'Unique 24-hexadecimal digit string that identifies your project. Use the [/groups](#tag/Projects/operation/listProjects) endpoint to retrieve all projects to which the authenticated user has access.
**NOTE**: Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your group id is the same as your project id. For existing groups, your group/project id remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.'
in: path
name: groupId
required: true
schema:
example: 32b6e34b3d91647abb20e7b8
pattern: ^([a-f0-9]{24})$
type: string
pretty:
description: Flag that indicates whether the response body should be in the prettyprint format.
in: query
name: pretty
schema:
default: false
externalDocs:
description: Prettyprint
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prettyprint
type: boolean
envelope:
description: Flag that indicates whether Application wraps the response in an `envelope` JSON object. Some API clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query. Endpoints that return a list of results use the results object as an envelope. Application adds the status parameter to the response body.
in: query
name: envelope
schema:
default: false
type: boolean
schemas:
BadRequestDetail:
description: Bad request detail.
properties:
fields:
description: Describes all violations in a client request.
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldViolation'
type: array
readOnly: true
type: object
FieldViolation:
properties:
description:
description: A description of why the request element is bad.
type: string
field:
description: A path that leads to a field in the request body.
type: string
required:
- description
- field
type: object
MongoDBAccessLogs:
description: Authentication attempt, one per object, made against the cluster.
properties:
authResult:
description: Flag that indicates whether the response should return successful authentication attempts only.
type: boolean
authSource:
description: Database against which someone attempted to authenticate.
readOnly: true
type: string
failureReason:
description: Reason that the authentication failed. Null if authentication succeeded.
readOnly: true
type: string
groupId:
description: Unique 24-hexadecimal character string that identifies the project.
readOnly: true
type: string
hostname:
description: Human-readable label that identifies the hostname of the target node that received the authentication attempt.
readOnly: true
type: string
ipAddress:
description: Internet Protocol address that attempted to authenticate with the database.
pattern: ^((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1\d|[1-9]|)\d)(\.(?!$)|$)){4}|([0-9a-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9a-f]{1,4}$
readOnly: true
type: string
logLine:
description: Text of the host log concerning the authentication attempt.
readOnly: true
type: string
timestamp:
description: Date and time when someone made this authentication attempt. MongoDB Cloud represents this timestamp in ISO 8601 format in UTC.
readOnly: true
type: string
username:
description: Username used to authenticate against the database.
readOnly: true
type: string
type: object
ApiError:
properties:
badRequestDetail:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestDetail'
detail:
description: Describes the specific conditions or reasons that cause each type of error.
type: string
error:
description: HTTP status code returned with this error.
externalDocs:
url: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status
format: int32
readOnly: true
type: integer
errorCode:
description: Application error code returned with this error.
readOnly: true
type: string
parameters:
description: Parameters used to give more information about the error.
items:
type: object
readOnly: true
type: array
reason:
description: Application error message returned with this error.
readOnly: true
type: string
required:
- error
- errorCode
type: object
MongoDBAccessLogsList:
properties:
accessLogs:
description: Authentication attempt, one per object, made against the cluster.
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MongoDBAccessLogs'
readOnly: true
type: array
type: object
securitySchemes:
DigestAuth:
scheme: digest
type: http
ServiceAccounts:
description: Learn more about [Service Accounts](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/api/service-accounts-overview).
flows:
clientCredentials:
scopes: {}
tokenUrl: https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/oauth/token
type: oauth2
x-externalLinks:
- label: Back to Atlas Docs
url: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/
- label: API Changelog
url: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/changelog/
x-topics:
- content: The MongoDB Atlas Administration API is rate limited. To learn more about rate limiting, see the [Atlas Documentation on Rate Limiting](http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-api-rate-limit)
title: Rate Limiting