Overview

Activity Logs allow contract owners and administrators to view the history of actions performed on your IONOS Cloud resources. You can view the following activities that occur in a specific contract within the IONOS Cloud computing environment: user logins, resource provisioning, configuration changes, data access, and more. Based on the report, you can audit the user activities or modify resources, if necessary. The activity log is grouped by contract and can be refined using date ranges.

Visibility into your IONOS Cloud activity is essential for security and operational excellence. With Activity Log, you can view, download, analyze, and respond to actions across your resources. In addition, you can also track the following details to help you analyze and respond effectively:

• the source of an action

• resources affected by the activity

• timeline of the events

Note: An activity log is read-only; hence, all calls to the Activity Log are handled using GET requests.

Authentication

The API uses the following two authentication methods:

• Basic Authentication: Ensure that the string containing your username and password is base64-encoded and separated by a colon: [e-mail]:password.

• Token Authentication: Provide a header value as Bearer followed by your token.

Important: From March 15, 2024, the Basic Authentication option will only be accessible if the 2-factor Authentication (2FA) is disabled for your account.

Error Codes

The API may return different error codes depending on the issue encountered. Some common error codes include:

Error Codes	Description
401 (Unauthorized)	Indicates invalid authentication credentials.
403 (Forbidden)	You do not have the necessary permissions to access the requested resource.
500 (Internal Server Error)	An unexpected error occurred on the server side.

Example Usage

The following example demonstrates how to download activity log entries for a contract with ID 12345678:

1. Choose your authentication method:

   • For Basic Authentication, ensure that your username and password are base64-encoded and set the Authorization header in your request.

   • For Bearer Token Authentication, include the Authorization header with the value Bearer followed by your token.

2. Make a GET request to: https://api.ionos.com/activitylog/v1/contracts/12345678.

3. Response: The response will be a JSON object containing the activity log entries for the specified contract.