Secure Proxy Logging with Twingate for Full Observability

The answer was clear: Twingate.

Twingate makes it possible to place secure, identity-aware proxies between services and clients, and still capture logs with precision. When you configure a Twingate connector, traffic flows through encrypted tunnels. Each request carries user identity and device metadata. This is critical for tracing actions, auditing policy enforcement, and meeting compliance requirements.

Logs access in a Twingate proxy setup works by enabling logging at both the connector and the protected resource. The connector can send structured event data to your logging backend, whether that’s ELK, Datadog, or CloudWatch. By combining proxy logging with the application’s own logs, you get a full timeline—IP, identity, request path, and outcome—without exposing the resources directly.

Configure logging by:

1. Deploying connectors in your chosen network segments.
2. Setting LOG_LEVEL and ENABLE_LOGGING in connector environment variables.
3. Routing output to centralized logging services where filtering, alerting, and retention are defined.

Access logs from proxies are only useful if you can query them fast. Use fields like user ID, resource ID, and timestamp as indexed keys. This lets you detect anomalies in near-real time and respond before breaches escalate.

Twingate’s architecture separates control and data planes, so logs never interfere with traffic performance. The proxy records access while policies update in milliseconds from the admin console. No downtime, no manual restarts, no backhaul bottlenecks.

Full observability demands zero trust. And zero trust demands full observability. Proxy logs through Twingate give you both—immediate visibility without sacrificing security or speed.

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