With Activity Logs, you can quickly retrieve a list of activities performed in your contract within IONOS Cloud.
Learn to retrieve necessary information.
Learn to retrieve the list of contracts that you are authorized to access.
Learn how to download activity log entries from your contract.
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.
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: username@domain.tld: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.
The API may return different error codes depending on the issue encountered. Some common error codes include:
| Error Codes | Description |
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The following example demonstrates how to download activity log entries for a contract with ID 12345678:
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.
Make a GET request to: https://api.ionos.com/activitylog/v1/contracts/12345678.
Response: The response will be a JSON object containing the activity log entries for the specified contract.
Learn to retrieve necessary information.
Learn to retrieve the list of contracts that you are authorized to access.
Learn how to download activity log entries from your contract.
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. |
This operation retrieves general information about the API, such as the name and version.
Use the following endpoint to display the API information: https://api.ionos.com/activitylog/v1.
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:
| Header Parameters | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
A 200 Successful operation response displays the API details.
This operation retrieves activity log entries for a specific contract. You can filter the results by providing either of the date ranges: startDate or endDate. The number of results displayed on each page depends on the limit and offset values. While limit limits the number of response elements, offset specifies the starting point within the collection of resource results returned from the server.
Use the following endpoint to retrieve the activity log entries: https://api.ionos.com/activitylog/v1/contracts/{contractNumber}.
Note: Remember to update the sample values in the request with valid ones.
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following path parameter is mandatory:
| Path Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:
| Header Parameters | Required | Type | Description |
|---|
A 200 Successful operation indicates that the activity logs are being downloaded for the specified contract number.
You can retrieve the list of contracts that your account credentials are authorized to access using either of the following:
a username and a password combination.
a token to access the API. For more information about obtaining tokens for relevant contracts, see .
Use the following endpoint to retrieve a list of contracts: https://api.ionos.com/activitylog/v1/contracts.
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:
| Header Parameters | Required | Type | Description |
|---|
A 200 Successful operation lists all the contracts.
Authorization
yes
string
You can use Basic Authentication or a Bearer token. For more information, see Authentication.
Content-Type
yes
string
Set this to application/json.
| yes | integer | Contract number for which the activity log entries must be downloaded. |
| yes | string |
| yes | string | Set this to |
| yes | string |
| yes | string | Set this to |
You can use Basic Authentication or a Bearer token. For more information, see .
You can use Basic Authentication or a Bearer token. For more information, see .