# Inside Conduktor Gateway: ACLs, Audit Logs, and Usage Metering

Conduktor Gateway keeps its state where you'd want it: in Kafka topics. This under-the-hood look opens the internal topics behind a data-sharing setup, from per-virtual-cluster ACLs to the byte metering that powers usage-based chargeback.

## What You'll Learn

- See per-tenant ACLs stored inside Gateway's internal topics, scoped to each virtual cluster
- Trace policy violations and authorization events through the audit log, including safeguard events
- Read every interceptor's configuration and the per-partner throughput metering used for chargeback or data monetization