How to extract audit log from Apache Ranger via REST API

Question

I need to extract daily the audit log, I thought of using the REST API. But I don't understand how to extract it with a curl.

In this case the request is:

  GET /assets/exportAudit
  Content-Type: */*
  Accept: application/json
  ...

Maybe to extract the log is correctly this:

In this case the request is:

  GET /assets/report
  Content-Type: */*
  Accept: application/json
  ...

How I can convert it into a curl? to test it and understand if the output is what i want?

For example I want extract audit information from a HDFS Policy. Alternatively, is there a better way to extract the log?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 26 '22 at 18:20

Here are two examples, one to get policies, one to get audits. The platform is Cloudera CDP 7.1.7 Base:

curl -iv -X GET -H "Content-type:application/json" -u 'admin:admin' \ http://gromit:6080/service/plugins/policies

curl -iv -X GET -H "Content-type:application/json" -u 'admin:admin' \ http://gromit:6080/service/assets/accessAudit

My hostname is gromit because who doesn't like Wallace and Gromit?

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