Adds event log for actions and alerting (#45081)

initial code for event log

see issue #45083

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 # Kibana Alerting Services
 /x-pack/legacy/plugins/alerting/ @elastic/kibana-alerting-services
 /x-pack/legacy/plugins/actions/ @elastic/kibana-alerting-services
+/x-pack/plugins/event_log/ @elastic/kibana-alerting-services
 /x-pack/plugins/task_manager/ @elastic/kibana-alerting-services
 /x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/ @elastic/kibana-alerting-services
 /x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/plugins/task_manager/ @elastic/kibana-alerting-services

x-pack/legacy/plugins/actions/server/lib/action_executor.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   savedObjectsClientMock,
   loggingServiceMock,
 } from '../../../../../../src/core/server/mocks';
+import { createEventLoggerMock } from '../../../../../plugins/event_log/server/event_logger.mock';
 
 const actionExecutor = new ActionExecutor();
 const savedObjectsClient = savedObjectsClientMock.create();
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ actionExecutor.initialize({
   getServices,
   actionTypeRegistry,
   encryptedSavedObjectsPlugin,
+  eventLogger: createEventLoggerMock(),
 });
 
 beforeEach(() => jest.resetAllMocks());

x-pack/legacy/plugins/actions/server/lib/action_executor.ts

@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ import {
   GetServicesFunction,
   RawAction,
 } from '../types';
+import { EVENT_LOG_ACTIONS } from '../plugin';
+import { IEvent, IEventLogger } from '../../../../../plugins/event_log/server';
 
 export interface ActionExecutorContext {
   logger: Logger;
   spaces: () => SpacesPluginStartContract | undefined;
   getServices: GetServicesFunction;
   encryptedSavedObjectsPlugin: EncryptedSavedObjectsStartContract;
   actionTypeRegistry: ActionTypeRegistryContract;
+  eventLogger: IEventLogger;
 }
 
 export interface ExecuteOptions {
@@ -54,11 +57,11 @@ export class ActionExecutor {
     }
 
     const {
-      logger,
       spaces,
       getServices,
       encryptedSavedObjectsPlugin,
       actionTypeRegistry,
+      eventLogger,
     } = this.actionExecutorContext!;
 
     const spacesPlugin = spaces();
@@ -89,9 +92,9 @@ export class ActionExecutor {
     );
     const actionType = actionTypeRegistry.get(actionTypeId);
 
-    let validatedParams;
-    let validatedConfig;
-    let validatedSecrets;
+    let validatedParams: Record<string, any>;
+    let validatedConfig: Record<string, any>;
+    let validatedSecrets: Record<string, any>;
 
     try {
       validatedParams = validateParams(actionType, params);
@@ -101,27 +104,68 @@ export class ActionExecutor {
       return { status: 'error', actionId, message: err.message, retry: false };
     }
 
-    let result: ActionTypeExecutorResult | null = null;
-    const actionLabel = `${actionId} - ${actionTypeId} - ${name}`;
+    const actionLabel = `${actionTypeId}:${actionId}: ${name}`;
+    const event: IEvent = {
+      event: { action: EVENT_LOG_ACTIONS.execute },
+      kibana: { namespace, saved_objects: [{ type: 'action', id: actionId }] },
+    };
 
+    eventLogger.startTiming(event);
+    let rawResult: ActionTypeExecutorResult | null | undefined | void;
     try {
-      result = await actionType.executor({
+      rawResult = await actionType.executor({
         actionId,
         services,
         params: validatedParams,
         config: validatedConfig,
         secrets: validatedSecrets,
       });
     } catch (err) {
-      logger.warn(`action executed unsuccessfully: ${actionLabel} - ${err.message}`);
-      throw err;
+      rawResult = {
+        actionId,
+        status: 'error',
+        message: 'an error occurred while running the action executor',
+        serviceMessage: err.message,
+        retry: false,
+      };
     }
+    eventLogger.stopTiming(event);
 
-    logger.debug(`action executed successfully: ${actionLabel}`);
-
-    // return basic response if none provided
-    if (result == null) return { status: 'ok', actionId };
+    // allow null-ish return to indicate success
+    const result = rawResult || {
+      actionId,
+      status: 'ok',
+    };
+
+    if (result.status === 'ok') {
+      event.message = `action executed: ${actionLabel}`;
+    } else if (result.status === 'error') {
+      event.message = `action execution failure: ${actionLabel}`;
+      event.error = event.error || {};
+      event.error.message = actionErrorToMessage(result);
+    } else {
+      event.message = `action execution returned unexpected result: ${actionLabel}`;
+      event.error = event.error || {};
+      event.error.message = 'action execution returned unexpected result';
+    }
 
+    eventLogger.logEvent(event);
     return result;
   }
 }
+
+function actionErrorToMessage(result: ActionTypeExecutorResult): string {
+  let message = result.message || 'unknown error running action';
+
+  if (result.serviceMessage) {
+    message = `${message}: ${result.serviceMessage}`;
+  }
+
+  if (result.retry instanceof Date) {
+    message = `${message}; retry at ${result.retry.toISOString()}`;
+  } else if (result.retry) {
+    message = `${message}; retry: ${JSON.stringify(result.retry)}`;
+  }
+
+  return message;
+}

x-pack/legacy/plugins/actions/server/lib/task_runner_factory.test.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   savedObjectsClientMock,
   loggingServiceMock,
 } from '../../../../../../src/core/server/mocks';
+import { createEventLoggerMock } from '../../../../../plugins/event_log/server/event_logger.mock';
 
 const spaceIdToNamespace = jest.fn();
 const actionTypeRegistry = actionTypeRegistryMock.create();
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ const actionExecutorInitializerParams = {
   actionTypeRegistry,
   spaces: () => undefined,
   encryptedSavedObjectsPlugin: mockedEncryptedSavedObjectsPlugin,
+  eventLogger: createEventLoggerMock(),
 };
 const taskRunnerFactoryInitializerParams = {
   spaceIdToNamespace,

x-pack/legacy/plugins/actions/server/plugin.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ import {
 } from './routes';
 import { extendRouteWithLicenseCheck } from './extend_route_with_license_check';
 import { LicenseState } from './lib/license_state';
+import { IEventLogger } from '../../../../plugins/event_log/server';
+
+const EVENT_LOG_PROVIDER = 'actions';
+export const EVENT_LOG_ACTIONS = {
+  execute: 'execute',
+  executeViaHttp: 'execute-via-http',
+};
 
 export interface PluginSetupContract {
   registerType: ActionTypeRegistry['register'];
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ export class Plugin {
   private actionExecutor?: ActionExecutor;
   private defaultKibanaIndex?: string;
   private licenseState: LicenseState | null = null;
+  private eventLogger?: IEventLogger;
 
   constructor(initializerContext: ActionsPluginInitializerContext) {
     this.logger = initializerContext.logger.get('plugins', 'actions');
@@ -88,6 +96,11 @@ export class Plugin {
       attributesToEncrypt: new Set(['apiKey']),
     });
 
+    plugins.event_log.registerProviderActions(EVENT_LOG_PROVIDER, Object.values(EVENT_LOG_ACTIONS));
+    this.eventLogger = plugins.event_log.getLogger({
+      event: { provider: EVENT_LOG_PROVIDER },
+    });
+
     const actionExecutor = new ActionExecutor();
     const taskRunnerFactory = new TaskRunnerFactory(actionExecutor);
     const actionsConfigUtils = getActionsConfigurationUtilities(config as ActionsConfigType);
@@ -156,6 +169,7 @@ export class Plugin {
       getServices,
       encryptedSavedObjectsPlugin: plugins.encryptedSavedObjects,
       actionTypeRegistry: actionTypeRegistry!,
+      eventLogger: this.eventLogger!,
     });
     taskRunnerFactory!.initialize({
       encryptedSavedObjectsPlugin: plugins.encryptedSavedObjects,

x-pack/legacy/plugins/actions/server/shim.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   SavedObjectsLegacyService,
 } from '../../../../../src/core/server';
 import { LicensingPluginSetup } from '../../../../plugins/licensing/server';
+import { IEventLogService } from '../../../../plugins/event_log/server';
 
 export interface KibanaConfig {
   index: string;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ export interface ActionsPluginsSetup {
   xpack_main: XPackMainPluginSetupContract;
   encryptedSavedObjects: EncryptedSavedObjectsSetupContract;
   licensing: LicensingPluginSetup;
+  event_log: IEventLogService;
 }
 export interface ActionsPluginsStart {
   security?: SecurityPluginStartContract;
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ export function shim(
     encryptedSavedObjects: newPlatform.setup.plugins
       .encryptedSavedObjects as EncryptedSavedObjectsSetupContract,
     licensing: newPlatform.setup.plugins.licensing as LicensingPluginSetup,
+    event_log: newPlatform.setup.plugins.event_log as IEventLogService,
   };
 
   const pluginsStart: ActionsPluginsStart = {

x-pack/legacy/plugins/actions/server/types.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export interface ActionTypeExecutorResult {
 // signature of the action type executor function
 export type ExecutorType = (
   options: ActionTypeExecutorOptions
-) => Promise<ActionTypeExecutorResult>;
+) => Promise<ActionTypeExecutorResult | null | undefined | void>;
 
 interface ValidatorType {
   validate<T>(value: any): any;