General Configuration

The default auditing behavior can be altered by updating the settings in the configuration file, which can be found in config/audit.php.

Audit implementation

Since version 4.1.0, the audit implementation can be configured.

By default, the package will use OwenIt\Auditing\Models\Audit.

return [
    // ...

    'implementation' => OwenIt\Auditing\Models\Audit::class,

    // ...
];

Read more about it in the Audit Implementation section.

User Keys & Model

Specify the User keys and model.

Primary and Foreign Keys

Sometimes, for whatever reason (legacy database, etc), a different key needs to be used. The default primary and foreign key values are id and user_id, respectively.

return [
    // ...

    'user' = [
        'primary_key' => 'id',
        'foreign_key' => 'user_id',
    ],

    // ...
];

{note} The Audit resolveData() method will still use user_id and other user_ prefixed keys for any User data, regardless of the foreign key that was set.

Model

The model value should be set to the FQCN of the User class used by the application.

return [
    // ...

    'user' = [
        'model' => App\User::class,
    ],

    // ...
];

Audit driver

Being the only driver provided, the Database driver is set as default.

return [
    // ...

    'driver' => 'database',

    // ...
];

The Database driver allows modifying:

• The database connection.
• The table where the Audit records are stored.

return [
    // ...

    'drivers' => [
        'database' => [
            'table'      => 'audits',
            'connection' => null,
        ],
    ],

    // ...
];

Console/CLI and Jobs

Eloquent events fired from a Job or from the console (i.e. migrations, tests, commands, Tinker, ...), WILL NOT be audited by default. To enable console auditing, set the console value to true.

return [
    // ...

    'console' => true,

    // ...
];

{note} Resolving a User in the console may not work.