How To Stream Logs in AWS from CloudWatch to ElasticSearch

Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/ .

1. In the navigation pane, choose Log groups.
2. Choose the name of the log group.
3. Choose Actions, Create Elasticsearch subscription filter.
4. Choose whether you want to stream to a cluster in this account or another account.

1. How do I send CloudWatch logs to Kibana?
2. How do I share CloudWatch logs?
3. How do I export from CloudWatch logs?
4. How do I access my CloudWatch log stream?
5. How do I send Lambda logs to Elasticsearch?
6. How is CloudWatch billed?
7. Where are CloudWatch agent logs stored?
8. Where are AWS logs stored?
9. What is period in CloudWatch?
10. How long CloudWatch logs are stored?
11. How do you retrieve data from CloudWatch?
12. How do I send CloudTrail logs to S3 bucket?

How do I send CloudWatch logs to Kibana?

Select the log group and click on Actions.

1. Select Stream to Amazon Elasticsearch Service.
2. In the next window, you will be prompted to choose the ES cluster.

How do I share CloudWatch logs?

Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/ .

1. In the navigation pane, choose Settings, then choose Configure.
2. Choose Share data.
3. For Sharing, choose Specific accounts and enter the IDs of the accounts that you want to share data with.

How do I export from CloudWatch logs?

Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/ . In the navigation pane, choose Log groups. On the Log Groups screen, choose the name of the log group. Choose Actions, Export data to Amazon S3.

How do I access my CloudWatch log stream?

To view log data

Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/ . In the navigation pane, choose Log groups. For Log Groups, choose the log group to view the streams. In the list of log groups, choose the name of the log group that you want to view.

How do I send Lambda logs to Elasticsearch?

Click on Logs to view all your log groups. Find and select the log group corresponding to the lambda function you want to stream the logs to Elasticsearch Servoce, e.g. /aws/lambda/my-lambda-function. Click on the Actions button at the top and select “Stream to Amazon Elasticsearch Service” from the arrow drop-down.

How is CloudWatch billed?

Typically, EC2 Detailed Monitoring is charged at $2.10 per instance per month (assumes 7 metrics per instance) and goes down to $0.14 per instance at the lowest priced tier. As with all custom metrics, EC2 Detailed Monitoring is prorated by the hour and metered only when the instance sends metrics to CloudWatch.

Where are CloudWatch agent logs stored?

Logs Generated by the CloudWatch Agent

log file. This file is located in /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/logs/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.

Where are AWS logs stored?

Within this bucket, logs are stored under the path resources/environments/logs/ logtype / environment-id / instance-id . You can find your environment ID in the environment management console.

What is period in CloudWatch?

A period is the length of time associated with a specific Amazon CloudWatch statistic. Each statistic represents an aggregation of the metrics data collected for a specified period of time. Periods are defined in numbers of seconds, and valid values for period are 1, 5, 10, 30, or any multiple of 60.

How long CloudWatch logs are stored?

You can store your log data in CloudWatch Logs for as long as you want. By default, CloudWatch Logs will store your log data indefinitely. You can change the retention for each Log Group at any time.

How do you retrieve data from CloudWatch?

There are four recommended methods for retrieving log data from CloudWatch Logs:

1. Use subscription filters to stream log data to another receiving source in real time.
2. Run a query with CloudWatch Logs Insights.
3. Export log data to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for batch use cases.

How do I send CloudTrail logs to S3 bucket?

Open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/ .

1. Choose the bucket where you want CloudTrail to deliver your log files, and then choose Properties.
2. Choose Permissions.
3. Choose Edit Bucket Policy.
4. Copy the S3 bucket policy to the Bucket Policy Editor window.