[CASSANDRA-16007] Standardize audit logging and FQL with same options

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Triage Needed
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Tool/fql, Tool/nodetool
• Platform: All
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Lorina Poland
• Created: 03/Aug/20 18:32
• Updated: 03/Aug/20 18:32

Description

In Cassandra 4.0:

 

FQL and audit logging use similar `nodetool` enable commands. But FQL uses:

`nodetool enablefullquerylog <log_dir>`

and audit logging uses:

`nodetool enableauditlog` with no `audit_log_dir` as an option.

 

Additionally, FQL uses `log_dir` in the `cassandra.yaml` file and audit logging uses `audit_logs_dir` (note the plural `logs`). 

Both of these differences will likely lead to user confusion, no matter how well explained in the docs.