# Access Logs
Command Center maintains centralized cloud-level Access Logs.
In addition to basic information such as the accessing user and the date
and time, the system also logs access details including the accessed
components, actions, access type (web or API), and originating IP address.
Access Logs can be viewed and searched from the Command Center’s cog wheel
menu at the top right of the screen.
## Managing Command Center Access Logs
Cloud logs can be searched and specific events extracted, using the
Command Center filtering functionality.
To view and search for specific content in Access Logs:
1. At the top right of the screen, click the cog wheel.
From the dropdown menu, select **Access Logs**.
2. In the **Access Logs** view, click in **Add Filter** to display its
dropdown, and select and configure one or more filters to narrow down
the Access Logs events search:
* **Controller**: The accessed component.
To narrow down the search to a specific controller, from the
dropdown, select one of:
* **sessions**
* **clouds**
* **vlans**
* **nodes**
* **vpsas**
* **zioses**
* **drive_types**
* **images**
* **custom_networks**
* **drives**
* **vfloating_ips**
* **admins**
* **license_keys**
* **Action**: The action peformed or attempted by Command Center on
the controller.
* **Access Type**: The access method.
To narrow down the search to a Access Type, from the dropdown,
select one of:
* **Web**: Access requests originating from a web browser.
* **API**: Access requests originating from an application API.
* **IP Address**: The IP address from which the access request
originated.
To narrow down the search to a specific IP address, enter the IP
address in the text box.
* **User**: The username of the user who triggered the access request.
To narrow down the search to a specific user, from the dropdown,
select the user.
* **Created**:
From the dropdown select the log entry’s creation date’s relational
operator:
* **>=**: On or after date and time (inclusive).
Select the date and edit the time.
The search will return matching log entries created on or after
the entered date and time.
* **<**: Before date and time (exclusive).
Select the date and edit the time.
The search will return matching log entries created before
the entered date and time.
* **Between**: A period specified by a starting date and time,
and an ending date and time.
Select the start and end dates, and edit the time for each.
The search will return matching log entries created on or after
the starting date and time, and before the ending date and time.
3. Click **Filter**.
The **Params** column displays a JSON string specifying the performed or
attempted event’s parameters and their values.
