---
title: "How to Change your ModSecurity Audit Log Level"
description: "ModSecurity can help protect your website from common exploits and attacks. ModSecurity audit logs can include information about the transactions that are happening. In this tutorial, we will show..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/security/how-to-change-your-modsecurity-audit-log-level/
date: 2019-05-29
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Security"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Change your ModSecurity Audit Log Level

[ModSecurity](/support/security/what-is-modsecurity-and-why-is-it-important/) can help protect your website from common exploits and attacks. ModSecurity *audit logs* can include information about the transactions that are happening. In this tutorial, we will show you how to **set your ModSecurity audit log level**. This lets you choose the type of transactions that are logged, which can be helpful when troubleshooting issues. You can adjust the log settings on all of our [VPS](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/vps-hosting) and [Dedicated hosting](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/dedicated-servers) plans.

## Change ModSecurity Audit Log Level

1. ![](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/root-login.png) [Log into WHM as the ‘root’ user](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/#root).
2. [![](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/modsecurity-configuration.png)](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/modsecurity-configuration.png) Type ‘modsecurity’ in the search field, then click the **ModSecurity™ Configuration** link in the *Security Center* section.
3. [![](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/set-audit-log-level.png)](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/set-audit-log-level.png) Locate the **Audit Log Level** section of the ModSecurity *Configuration* page and choose your setting. The options are to *Only log noteworthy transactions*, *Do not log any transactions*, or *Log all transactions* (this option is only recommended for debugging purposes).
4. [![](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/save-audit-log-level.png)](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/save-audit-log-level.png) Click the **Save** button to set your audit log level. [![](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/saved-modsecurity-settings.png)](/support/images/stories/whm/modsecurity/saved-modsecurity-settings.png) You are finished when you see a message stating “*Success: You have successfully saved your ModSecurity™ settings.*”

Congratulations, now you know how to change your ModSecurity audit log level!