AWS-EnableCloudTrailCloudWatchLogs - Amazon Systems Manager Automation runbook reference
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AWS-EnableCloudTrailCloudWatchLogs

Description

This runbook updates the configuration of one or more Amazon CloudTrail trails to send events to an Amazon CloudWatch Logs log group.

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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.

  • CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn

    Type: String

    Description: (Required) The ARN of the CloudWatch Logs log group where the CloudTrail logs will be delivered.

  • CloudWatchLogsRoleArn

    Type: String

    Description: (Required) The ARN of the IAM role CloudWatch Logs Logs assumes to write to the specified log group.

  • TrailNames

    Type: StringList

    Description: (Required) A comma separated list of the names of the CloudTrail trails whose events you want to send to CloudWatch Logs.

Required IAM permissions

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

  • cloudtrail:UpdateTrail

  • iam:PassRole

Document Steps

  • aws:executeScript - Updates the specified CloudTrail trails to deliver events to the specified CloudWatch Logs log group.