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nylas audit logs enable: Developer Reference with Examples

#cli #security #logging #devops

Compliance and debugging both need logs. nylas audit logs enable handles the enable audit logging. records all cli activity to a local log file for compliance and debugging.

The nylas audit logs enable command activates audit logging, recording every CLI action — email sends, calendar reads, auth changes — to a local file. By default logs are written to ~/.

Quick Start 

brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas
nylas init
nylas audit logs enable
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Syntax 

nylas audit logs enable [--output PATH]
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How It Works

Every entry in the audit log captures: the exact command, all arguments (with secrets redacted), the invoker identity (human or AI agent name), the exit code, and a nanosecond timestamp. This level of detail is what compliance auditors expect.

Key Flags

Run nylas audit logs enable --help to see all available flags. Add --json for machine-readable output — useful when piping into jq or feeding data to scripts.

nylas audit logs enable --help
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Examples

Enable audit logging to default location:

nylas audit logs enable
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Enable logging to a custom file:

nylas audit logs enable --output /var/log/nylas-audit.log
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Related Commands

  • nylas audit init — Initialize audit logging for the Nylas CLI. Creates the log directory, default c
  • nylas audit logs show — View and filter audit log entries. Supports filtering by date range, command, st
  • nylas audit logs summary — View summary statistics of audit log entries including command counts, error rat
  • nylas audit logs clear — Clear all audit log entries. This is a destructive action — consider exporting l

Full docs: nylas audit logs enable reference — all flags, advanced examples, and troubleshooting.

All commands: Nylas CLI Command Reference

Get started: brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas — other install methods

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