diff --git a/scripts/code_snippets/task_kind_community_search_snippets_test.sh b/scripts/code_snippets/task_kind_community_search_snippets_test.sh
index 4b4501c2c..3f03b1124 100755
--- a/scripts/code_snippets/task_kind_community_search_snippets_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/code_snippets/task_kind_community_search_snippets_test.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ set -eou pipefail
 source scripts/dev/set_env_context.sh
 
 dump_logs() {
-  source scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh
-  dump_all_non_default_namespaces "$@"
+  scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh dump_all_non_default_namespaces "$@"
 }
 trap dump_logs EXIT
 
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/root-context b/scripts/dev/contexts/root-context
index b9d3a5a08..17c402f13 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/contexts/root-context
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/root-context
@@ -116,3 +116,8 @@ export MDB_SEARCH_COMMUNITY_VERSION
 
 export MDB_SEARCH_COMMUNITY_NAME="mongodb-search-community"
 export MDB_SEARCH_COMMUNITY_REPO_URL="quay.io/mongodb"
+
+# use RequestResponse for full audit log
+# use None to disable audit logging
+# https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug/debug-cluster/audit/#audit-policy
+export K8S_AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL="RequestResponse"
diff --git a/scripts/dev/evg_host.sh b/scripts/dev/evg_host.sh
index 92230ffc0..cb58937bc 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/evg_host.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/evg_host.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ fi
 get_host_url() {
   host=$(evergreen host list --json | jq -r ".[] | select (.name==\"${EVG_HOST_NAME}\") | .host_name ")
   if [[ "${host}" == "" ]]; then
-    >&2 echo "Cannot find running EVG host with name ${EVG_HOST_NAME}.
-Run evergreen host list --json or visit https://spruce.mongodb.com/spawn/host."
+    echo "Cannot find running EVG host with name ${EVG_HOST_NAME}.
+Run evergreen host list --json or visit https://spruce.mongodb.com/spawn/host." >&2
     exit 1
   fi
   echo "ubuntu@${host}"
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ cmd=${1-""}
 
 if [[ "${cmd}" != "" && "${cmd}" != "help" ]]; then
   host_url=$(get_host_url)
+  # don't echo if script is piped
+  if [ -t 1 ]; then
+      echo "Current host: ${host_url}" >&2
+  fi
 fi
 
 kubeconfig_path="${HOME}/.operator-dev/evg-host.kubeconfig"
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ recreate-kind-clusters() {
   configure "${1-"amd64"}" 2>&1| prepend "evg_host.sh configure"
   echo "Recreating kind clusters on ${EVG_HOST_NAME} (${host_url})..."
   # shellcheck disable=SC2088
-  ssh -T "${host_url}" "cd ~/mongodb-kubernetes; DELETE_KIND_NETWORK=${DELETE_KIND_NETWORK} scripts/dev/recreate_kind_clusters.sh"
+  ssh -T "${host_url}" "cd ~/mongodb-kubernetes; MDB_BASH_DEBUG=${MDB_BASH_DEBUG} DELETE_KIND_NETWORK=${DELETE_KIND_NETWORK} scripts/dev/recreate_kind_clusters.sh"
   echo "Copying kubeconfig to ${kubeconfig_path}"
   get-kubeconfig 2>&1| prepend "evg_host.sh configure"
 }
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ recreate-kind-cluster() {
   configure "${1-"amd64"}" 2>&1| prepend "evg_host.sh configure"
   echo "Recreating kind cluster ${cluster_name} on ${EVG_HOST_NAME} (${host_url})..."
   # shellcheck disable=SC2088
-  ssh -T "${host_url}" "cd ~/mongodb-kubernetes; scripts/dev/recreate_kind_cluster.sh ${cluster_name}"
+  ssh -T "${host_url}" "cd ~/mongodb-kubernetes; MDB_BASH_DEBUG=${MDB_BASH_DEBUG} scripts/dev/recreate_kind_cluster.sh ${cluster_name}"
   echo "Copying kubeconfig to ${kubeconfig_path}"
   get-kubeconfig
 }
@@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ COMMANDS:
   ssh [args]                            creates ssh session passing optional arguments to ssh
   cmd [command with args]               execute command as if being on evg host
   upload-my-ssh-private-key             uploads your ssh keys (~/.ssh/id_rsa) to evergreen host
+  get-host-url                          prints evergreen host url
   help                                  this message
 "
 }
@@ -211,6 +216,7 @@ tunnel) retry_with_sleep tunnel "$@" ;;
 sync) sync ;;
 cmd) cmd "$@" ;;
 upload-my-ssh-private-key) upload-my-ssh-private-key ;;
+get-host-url) get_host_url ;;
 help) usage ;;
 *) usage ;;
 esac
diff --git a/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_cluster.sh b/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_cluster.sh
index c28a6c435..912359945 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_cluster.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_cluster.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ fi
 docker_create_kind_network
 docker_run_local_registry "kind-registry" "5000"
 
+create_audit_policy_yaml "${K8S_AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL}"
+
 scripts/dev/setup_kind_cluster.sh -r -e -n "${cluster_name}" -l "172.18.255.200-172.18.255.250" -c "${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}"
 
 source scripts/dev/install_csi_driver.sh
diff --git a/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_clusters.sh b/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_clusters.sh
index 96af93946..a97a5ee09 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_clusters.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/recreate_kind_clusters.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ docker_cleanup 2>&1| prepend "docker_cleanup"
 docker_create_kind_network
 docker_run_local_registry "kind-registry" "5000"
 
+create_audit_policy_yaml "${K8S_AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL}"
+
 # To future maintainers: whenever modifying this bit, make sure you also update coredns.yaml
 (scripts/dev/setup_kind_cluster.sh -n "e2e-operator" -p "10.244.0.0/16" -s "10.96.0.0/16" -l "172.18.255.200-172.18.255.210" -c "${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}" 2>&1 | prepend "e2e-operator") &
 (scripts/dev/setup_kind_cluster.sh -n "e2e-cluster-1" -p "10.245.0.0/16" -s "10.97.0.0/16" -l "172.18.255.210-172.18.255.220" -c "${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}" 2>&1 | prepend "e2e-cluster-1") &
diff --git a/scripts/dev/setup_kind_cluster.sh b/scripts/dev/setup_kind_cluster.sh
index a8bd14ed4..521c365bd 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/setup_kind_cluster.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/setup_kind_cluster.sh
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ service_network="10.96.0.0/16"
 metallb_ip_range="172.18.255.200-172.18.255.250"
 install_registry=0
 configure_docker_network=0
-while getopts ':n:p:s:c:l:egrhk' opt; do
+while getopts ':n:p:s:c:l:aegrhk' opt; do
   case ${opt} in
+# options with args
   n) cluster_name=${OPTARG} ;;
   p) pod_network=${OPTARG} ;;
   s) service_network=${OPTARG} ;;
   c) cluster_domain=${OPTARG} ;;
   l) metallb_ip_range=${OPTARG} ;;
+# options without
   e) export_kubeconfig=1 ;;
   g) install_registry=1 ;;
   r) recreate=1 ;;
@@ -127,29 +129,54 @@ EOF
 }
 
 kind_create_cluster() {
-  cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --name "${cluster_name}" --kubeconfig "${kubeconfig_path}" --wait 700s -v 5 --config=-
+cat <<EOF > kind-cluster.yaml
 kind: Cluster
 apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
-nodes:
-- role: control-plane
-  image: ${kind_image}
-  extraMounts:
-  - containerPath: /var/lib/kubelet/config.json
-    hostPath: ${HOME}/.docker/config.json
 networking:
   podSubnet: "${pod_network}"
   serviceSubnet: "${service_network}"
-kubeadmConfigPatches:
-- |
-  apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta3
-  kind: ClusterConfiguration
-  networking:
-    dnsDomain: "${cluster_domain}"
 containerdConfigPatches:
 - |-
   [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry.mirrors."localhost:${reg_port}"]
     endpoint = ["http://${reg_name}:${reg_port}"]
+nodes:
+- role: control-plane
+  image: ${kind_image}
+  extraMounts:
+  - containerPath: /var/lib/kubelet/config.json
+    hostPath: ${HOME}/.docker/config.json
+  - containerPath: /etc/kubernetes/audit-policy
+    hostPath: ${HOME}/.kind/audit-policy/ # audit-policy.yaml must be copied into this directory
+    readOnly: true
+  kubeadmConfigPatches:
+  - |
+    apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta3
+    kind: ClusterConfiguration
+    networking:
+      dnsDomain: "${cluster_domain}"
+    apiServer:
+      extraArgs:
+        # Tell the API server where the audit policy is
+        audit-policy-file: "/etc/kubernetes/audit-policy/audit-policy.yaml"
+        # Tell the API server where to write audit logs
+        audit-log-path: "/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log"
+      extraVolumes:
+        # Mount the audit policy directory into the apiserver pod
+        - name: audit-policy
+          hostPath: /etc/kubernetes/audit-policy
+          mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/audit-policy
+          readOnly: true
+          pathType: Directory
+        # Mount the host log directory into the apiserver pod to write logs
+        - name: audit-logs
+          hostPath: /var/log/kubernetes
+          mountPath: /var/log/kubernetes
+          readOnly: false
+          pathType: DirectoryOrCreate # Creates the directory if it doesn't exist
 EOF
+  cat kind-cluster.yaml
+  kind create cluster --name "${cluster_name}" --kubeconfig "${kubeconfig_path}" --wait 900s -v=7 --config=kind-cluster.yaml
+  rm kind-cluster.yaml
   echo "finished installing kind"
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh b/scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh
index f4ea7b986..1ebea1b80 100755
--- a/scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh
+++ b/scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,56 @@
 
 set -Eeou pipefail
 
+test "${MDB_BASH_DEBUG:-0}" -eq 1 && set -x
+
 ## We need to make sure this script does not fail if one of
 ## the kubectl commands fails.
 set +e
 
 source scripts/funcs/printing
 
+get_context_prefix() {
+  ctx=$1
+  prefix="${ctx}_"
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  if [[ "${KUBE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME:-}" != "multi" ]]; then
+      prefix=""
+  fi
+
+  echo -n "${prefix}"
+}
+
+dump_audit_log() {
+  ctx=$1
+  echo "Dumping audit log for cluster context: ${ctx}"
+  if [[ "${EVG_HOST_NAME}" != "" ]]; then
+    evg_host_url=$(scripts/dev/evg_host.sh get-host-url)
+    DOCKER_HOST="ssh://${evg_host_url}"
+    export DOCKER_HOST
+    echo "Setting DOCKER_HOST=${DOCKER_HOST} to run docker command on a remote docker daemon"
+  fi
+
+  control_plane_container_name="${ctx#kind-}-control-plane"
+  echo "Finding control plane container: ${control_plane_container_name}"
+
+  control_plane_container=$(docker ps -q -f "name=${control_plane_container_name}")
+  if [[ "${control_plane_container}" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Cannot find control plane container of ${ctx} using docker ps: "
+    docker ps
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "Found control plane container: ${control_plane_container}. Dumping audit log to logs/${ctx}_audit.log"
+  docker cp "${control_plane_container}:/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log" "logs/${ctx}_audit.log"
+}
+
 dump_all_non_default_namespaces() {
     echo "Gathering logs from all non-default namespaces"
 
     local original_context
     original_context="$(kubectl config current-context)"
     kubectl config use-context "${1:-${original_context}}" &> /dev/null
-    prefix="${1:-${original_context}}_"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-    if [[ "${KUBE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME:-}" != "multi" ]]; then
-        prefix=""
-    fi
+    prefix="$(get_context_prefix "${1:-${original_context}}")"
 
     mkdir -p logs
     namespaces=$(kubectl get namespace --output=jsonpath="{.items[*].metadata.name}" | tr ' ' '\n' | \
@@ -37,9 +70,12 @@ dump_all_non_default_namespaces() {
             dump_namespace "${ns}" "${prefix}"
         fi
     done
+
+    dump_audit_log "${ctx}"
 }
 
 dump_all() {
+    ctx=$1
     [[ "${MODE-}" = "dev" ]] && return
 
     mkdir -p logs
@@ -48,12 +84,8 @@ dump_all() {
     # with a different context.
     local original_context
     original_context="$(kubectl config current-context)"
-    kubectl config use-context "${1:-${original_context}}" &> /dev/null
-    prefix="${1:-${original_context}}_"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-    if [[ "${KUBE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME:-}" != "multi" ]]; then
-        prefix=""
-    fi
+    kubectl config use-context "${ctx:-${original_context}}" &> /dev/null
+    prefix="$(get_context_prefix "${1:-${original_context}}")"
 
     # The dump process usually happens for a single namespace (the one the test and the operator are installed to)
     # but in some exceptional cases (e.g. clusterwide operator) there can be more than 1 namespace to print diagnostics
@@ -76,6 +108,8 @@ dump_all() {
     kubectl -n "kube-system" get configmap coredns -o yaml > "logs/${prefix}coredns.yaml"
 
     kubectl events --all-namespaces > "logs/${prefix}kube_events.json"
+
+    dump_audit_log "${ctx}"
 }
 
 dump_objects() {
@@ -355,3 +389,54 @@ dump_namespace() {
 
     kubectl describe nodes > "logs/${prefix}z_nodes_detailed.log" || true
 }
+
+main() {
+  context=""
+  cmd=""
+  metallb_ip_range="172.18.255.200-172.18.255.250"
+  install_registry=0
+  configure_docker_network=0
+  audit_logs=0
+  while getopts ':n:p:s:c:l:aegrhk' opt; do
+    case ${opt} in
+  # options with args
+    n) cluster_name=${OPTARG} ;;
+    p) pod_network=${OPTARG} ;;
+    s) service_network=${OPTARG} ;;
+    c) cluster_domain=${OPTARG} ;;
+    l) metallb_ip_range=${OPTARG} ;;
+  # options without
+    e) export_kubeconfig=1 ;;
+    g) install_registry=1 ;;
+    r) recreate=1 ;;
+    k) configure_docker_network=1 ;;
+    h) usage ;;
+    *) usage ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  shift "$((OPTIND - 1))"
+}
+
+if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
+  echo "Missing required parameters"
+  echo "Usage: $0 dump_all|dump_all_non_default_namespaces <context>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+func=$1
+
+if [[ "${func}" == "dump_all" ]]; then
+  if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
+    shift
+  fi
+
+  dump_all "$@"
+elif [[ "${func}" == "dump_all_non_default_namespaces" ]]; then
+  if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
+    shift
+  fi
+  dump_all_non_default_namespaces "$@"
+else
+  echo "Usage: $0 dump_all|dump_all_non_default_namespaces"
+  return 1
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information_from_all_namespaces.sh b/scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information_from_all_namespaces.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 72571a811..000000000
--- a/scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information_from_all_namespaces.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-## We need to make sure this script does not fail if one of
-## the kubectl commands fails.
-set +e
-
-source scripts/funcs/printing
-source scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh
-
-dump_all_non_default_namespaces "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/evergreen/e2e/e2e.sh b/scripts/evergreen/e2e/e2e.sh
index f0294787f..b0971ebcd 100755
--- a/scripts/evergreen/e2e/e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/evergreen/e2e/e2e.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ start_time=$(date +%s)
 source scripts/funcs/checks
 source scripts/funcs/kubernetes
 source scripts/funcs/printing
-source scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh
 source scripts/evergreen/e2e/lib.sh
 source scripts/dev/set_env_context.sh
 
@@ -107,15 +106,15 @@ fi
 # shellcheck disable=SC2154
 if [[ "${KUBE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME:-}" = "multi" ]]; then
   echo "Dumping diagnostics for context ${CENTRAL_CLUSTER}"
-  dump_all "${CENTRAL_CLUSTER}" || true
+  scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh dump_all "${CENTRAL_CLUSTER}" || true
 
   for member_cluster in ${MEMBER_CLUSTERS}; do
     echo "Dumping diagnostics for context ${member_cluster}"
-    dump_all "${member_cluster}" || true
+    scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh dump_all "${member_cluster}" || true
   done
 else
   # Dump all the information we can from this namespace
-  dump_all || true
+  scripts/evergreen/e2e/dump_diagnostic_information.sh dump_all "$(kubectl config current-context)" || true
 fi
 
 # we only have static cluster in openshift, otherwise there is no need to mark and clean them up here
diff --git a/scripts/funcs/kubernetes b/scripts/funcs/kubernetes
index dfaaf6af5..a752d78e2 100644
--- a/scripts/funcs/kubernetes
+++ b/scripts/funcs/kubernetes
@@ -263,3 +263,15 @@ EOF
 
     return ${result}
 }
+
+create_audit_policy_yaml() {
+  level=$1
+  echo "creating audit policy yaml in: ${HOME}/audit-policy/audit-policy.yaml"
+  mkdir -p "${HOME}/.kind/audit-policy"
+  cat <<EOF > "${HOME}/.kind/audit-policy/audit-policy.yaml"
+apiVersion: audit.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Policy
+rules:
+  - level: ${level}
+EOF
+}