AWSSupport-EnableVPCFlowLogs - Amazon Systems Manager Automation Runbook Reference
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AWSSupport-EnableVPCFlowLogs

Description

The AWSSupport-EnableVPCFlowLogs runbook creates Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Flow Logs for subnets, network interfaces, and VPCs in your Amazon Web Services account. If you create a flow log for a subnet or VPC, each elastic network interface in that subnet or Amazon VPC is monitored. Flow log data is published to the Amazon CloudWatch Logs log group or the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket you specify. For more information about flow logs, see VPC Flow Logs in the Amazon VPC User Guide .

Important

Data ingestion and archival charges for vended logs apply when you publish flow logs to CloudWatch Logs or to Amazon S3. For more information, see Flow Logs pricing

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Note

When selecting s3 as the log destination, ensure that the bucket policy allows the log delivery service access to the bucket. For more information see Amazon S3 bucket permissions for flow logs

Document type

Automation

Owner

Amazon

Platforms

Linux, macOS, Windows

Parameters

  • AutomationAssumeRole

    Type: String

    Description: (Optional) The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that allows Systems Manager Automation to perform the actions on your behalf. If no role is specified, Systems Manager Automation uses the permissions of the user that starts this runbook.

  • DeliverLogsPermissionArn

    Type: String

    Description: (Optional) The ARN for the IAM role that permits Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to publish flow logs to the CloudWatch Logs log group in your account. If you specify s3 for the LogDestinationType parameter, do not provide a value for this parameter. For more information, see Publish flow logs to CloudWatch Logs in the Amazon VPC User Guide .

  • LogDestinationARN

    Type: String

    Description: (Optional) The ARN of the resource to which the flow log data is published. If cloud-watch-logs is specified for the LogDestinationType parameter, provide the ARN of the CloudWatch Logs log group you want to publish flow log data to. Alternatively, use LogGroupName instead. If s3 is specified for the LogDestinationType parameter, you must specify the ARN of the Amazon S3 bucket you want to publish flow log data to for this parameter. You can also specify a folder in the bucket.

    Important

    When choosing s3 as the LogDestinationType you should ensure that the bucket selected follows Amazon S3 Bucket security best practices, and that you follow the data privacy laws for your organisation and geographic region.

  • LogDestinationType

    Type: String

    Valid values: cloud-watch-logs | s3

    Description: (Required) Determines where flow log data is published. If you specify LogDestinationType as s3 , do not specify DeliverLogsPermissionArn or LogGroupName .

  • LogFormat

    Type: String

    Description: (Optional) The fields to include in the flow log, and the order in which they should appear in the record. For a list of available fields, see Flow log records in the Amazon VPC User Guide . If you do not provide a value for this parameter, the flow log is created using the default format. If you specify this parameter, you must specify at least one field.

  • LogGroupName

    Type: String

    Description: (Optional) The name of the CloudWatch Logs log group where flow log data is published. If you specify s3 for the LogDestinationType parameter, do not provide a value for this parameter.

  • ResourceIds

    Type: StringList

    Description: (Required) A comma-separated list of the IDs for the subnets, elastic network interfaces, or VPC for which you want to create a flow log.

  • TrafficType

    Type: String

    Valid values: ACCEPT | REJECT | ALL

    Description: (Required) The type of traffic to log. You can log traffic that the resource accepts or rejects, or all traffic.

Required IAM permissions

The AutomationAssumeRole parameter requires the following actions to use the runbook successfully.

  • ssm:StartAutomationExecution

  • ssm:GetAutomationExecution

  • ec2:CreateFlowLogs

  • ec2:DeleteFlowLogs

  • ec2:DescribeFlowLogs

  • iam:AttachRolePolicy

  • iam:CreateRole

  • iam:CreatePolicy

  • iam:DeletePolicy

  • iam:DeleteRole

  • iam:DeleteRolePolicy

  • iam:GetPolicy

  • iam:GetRole

  • iam:TagRole

  • iam:PassRole

  • iam:PutRolePolicy

  • iam:UpdateRole

  • logs:CreateLogDelivery

  • logs:CreateLogGroup

  • logs:DeleteLogDelivery

  • logs:DeleteLogGroup

  • logs:DescribeLogGroups

  • logs:DescribeLogStreams

  • s3:GetBucketLocation

  • s3:GetBucketAcl

  • s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock

  • s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus

  • s3:GetBucketAcl

  • s3:ListBucket

  • s3:PutObject

Sample Policy

JSON
{
    "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "SSMExecutionPermissions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ssm:StartAutomationExecution",
                "ssm:GetAutomationExecution"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "EC2FlowLogsPermissions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:CreateFlowLogs",
                "ec2:DeleteFlowLogs",
                "ec2:DescribeFlowLogs"
            ],
            "Resource": [
            "arn:aws-cn:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:instance/resource-id",
            "arn:aws-cn:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:subnet/resource-id",
            "arn:aws-cn:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:vpc/resource-id",
            "arn:aws-cn:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:transit-gateway/resource-id",
            "arn:aws-cn:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:transit-gateway-attachment/resource-id"
          ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "IAMCreateRolePermissions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
                "iam:CreateRole",
                "iam:CreatePolicy",
                "iam:DeletePolicy",
                "iam:DeleteRole",
                "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
                "iam:GetPolicy",
                "iam:GetRole",
                "iam:TagRole",
                "iam:PassRole",
                "iam:PutRolePolicy",
                "iam:UpdateRole"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws-cn:iam::111122223333:role/role-name",
                "arn:aws-cn:iam::111122223333:role/AWSSupportCreateFlowLogsRole"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsPermissions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "logs:CreateLogDelivery",
                "logs:CreateLogGroup",
                "logs:DeleteLogDelivery",
                "logs:DeleteLogGroup",
                "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
                "logs:DescribeLogStreams"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws-cn:logs:us-east-1:111122223333:log-group:log-group-name",
                "arn:aws-cn:logs:us-east-1:111122223333:log-group:log-group-name:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "S3Permissions",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:GetBucketLocation",
                "s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock",
                "s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock",
                "s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus",
                "s3:GetBucketAcl",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:PutObject"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws-cn:s3:::amzn-s3-demo-bucket",
                "arn:aws-cn:s3:::amzn-s3-demo-bucket/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Document Steps

  • aws:branch - Branches based on the value specified for the LogDestinationType parameter.

  • aws:executeScript - Checks if the target Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) potentially grants read or write public access to its objects.

  • aws:executeScript - Creates a log group if no value is specified for the LogDestinationARN parameter, and cloud-watch-logs is specified for the LogDestinationType parameter.

  • aws:executeScript - Creates flow logs based on the values specified in the runbook parameters.