CloudWatch Logs
How CloudWatch Logs is used to for collection and log analysis.
Logging
How logging is performed and analyzed
less than a minute
Background
To be able to perform auditing and troubleshoot issues, logging must be available for all services. Additionally, logging must be in a standardised JSON format so that logs can be parsed and processed by log analysis tools. The main logging tool in use is CloudWatch Logs.
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Products in use
- Fluentd - Agent that monitors log files, parses logs and sends them to multiple output locations
- CloudWatch Logs - AWS’ managed logging service that enables querying of logs
Libraries
intelliHR has a JavaScript and a Python logging library for easy plug and play standardised logging.