The Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) keeps a log of all plugin activity in the UPM for your Confluence instance, e.g. adding plugins, enabling plugins, etc. You can configure the audit log, to adjust the period of time for which log entries should be kept.

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Viewing the Plugin Audit Log

To access the Universal Plugin Manager in Confluence,
  1. Click the 'Browse' menu link on the top bar and select the 'Confluence Admin' option to open the 'Administration Console'.
  2. Click the 'Plugins' link under the 'Administration' section in the left menu to open the 'Universal Plugin Manager'. The 'Universal Plugin Manager' will be displayed, showing the plugins installed on your Confluence instance.

To view the plugin audit log,

  1. Click the 'Audit Log' tab. The plugin audit log will be displayed.
  2. The log will display the 25 most recent entries. You can use the arrows to view older entries.
  3. Click the orange RSS icon, if you want to receive the audit log activity in an RSS feed.

Screenshot: Viewing the plugins audit log

Configuring the Plugin Audit Log

To access the Universal Plugin Manager in Confluence,
  1. Click the 'Browse' menu link on the top bar and select the 'Confluence Admin' option to open the 'Administration Console'.
  2. Click the 'Plugins' link under the 'Administration' section in the left menu to open the 'Universal Plugin Manager'. The 'Universal Plugin Manager' will be displayed, showing the plugins installed on your Confluence instance.

To configure the amount of time log entries are kept,

  1. Click the 'Audit Log' tab. The plugin audit log will be displayed.
  2. Click the link 'Configure purge policy'.
  3. Specify the number of days you wish to keep logs in the 'Purge audit log after' field.
  4. Click the 'Confirm' button.

Screenshot: Configuring the audit log's purge policy

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