audit-core/README.md

Reliable multi-tenant auto setup audit capability

Development Mock Backend

The first implementation is intentionally tiny: a replaceable audit interface with a mock file backend.

By default it writes JSONL audit events to:

/tmp/audit-core/audit-YYYYMMDDTHH.jsonl

Files older than 7 days are removed when the backend writes or when cleanup is run explicitly. This backend is for local integration and bootstrap wiring. It is not durable audit custody.

Example:

python3 -m audit_core emit \
  --source openbao \
  --action openbao.authenticated_readiness_proof \
  --resource openbao/openbao-0 \
  --outcome success \
  --detail file_audit_visible=true \
  --detail backend=mock-file

Cleanup:

python3 -m audit_core cleanup

Make targets:

make test
make mock-audit-smoke
make mock-audit-cleanup

Environment:

• AUDIT_CORE_MOCK_DIR: override the output directory.
• AUDIT_CORE_MOCK_RETENTION_DAYS: override the default 7-day cleanup window.