Note
This input is available since Graylog version 3.1.1. Installation of an additional graylog-integrations-plugins package is required. See the :doc:`Integrations Setup <../setup>` page for more info.
Attention!
An understanding of how AWS CloudWatch and Kinesis is required.
Attention!
Versions of Graylog and graylog-integrations-plugins must be the same.
This input allows Graylog to read log messages from CloudWatch via Kinesis. When reading logs from CloudWatch, Kinesis is required in order to stream messages to Graylog.
The following message types are supported:
- CloudWatch Logs
- Raw text strings within in Cloudwatch.
- CloudWatch Flow Logs
- Flow Logs within a Cloud Watch log group.
- Kinesis Raw Logs
- Raw text strings written to Kinesis.
For this setup to function as expected, the Least Privilege Policy shown below must be allowed for the authorized user. (See Permission Policies below)
- AWS Kinesis Authorize
- Type in input name, AWS Access Key, AWS Secret Key and select AWS Region in order to authorize Graylog and click the Authorize & Choose Stream button to continue. (See image below.)
- AWS Kinesis Setup
- Select the Kinesis stream to pull logs from and click the Verify Stream & Format button to continue.
- AWS CloudWatch Health Check
- Graylog will read a message from the Kinesis stream and check it's format. We'll automatically parse the message if it's a Flow Log.
- AWS Kinesis Review
- Final step to review and finalize the details for the input.
When adding the AWS Kinesis/CloudWatch input to Graylog, you will be guided throughout the setup process. For this setup to function as expected, the Recommended Policy shown below must be allowed for the authorized user. (See Permission Policies below)
- AWS Kinesis Authorize
Type in input name, AWS Access Key, AWS Secret Key and select AWS Region in order to authorize Graylog and click the Authorize & Choose Stream button to continue. (See image above)
- AWS Kinesis Setup
In the blue dialog box (seen in the image above), click the Setup Kinesis Automatically button. Type in a name for the Kinesis stream name, and select a Cloudwatch log Group from the dropdown list and click the Begin Automated Setup button.
You will be prompted with Kinesis Auto Setup Agreement and will need to acknowledge that you are aware of the resources that will be created and click the I Agree! Create these AWS resources now. button. (See images below).
Once agreed and acknowledge, the auto-setup will detail and reference the resources that were created and you can click the Continue Setup button. (see Executing Auto-Setup image below)
- AWS CloudWatch Health Check
Graylog will read a message from the Kinesis stream and check its format. Graylog will attempt to automatically parse the message if it is of a known type.
- AWS Kinesis Review
Final step to review and finalize the details for the input.
