☁️
CTHFM: AWS
  • Welcome
  • Getting Started
    • Account Setup
  • AWS CLI
    • AWS CLI Overview
    • Installation
  • AWS Fundamentals
    • AWS Documentation
    • AWS Shared Responsibility Model
    • Organizational Hierarchy
    • AWS Principals
    • IAM Fundamentals
      • IAM Policy Components
      • IAM Documentation References
    • AWS Security Services Overview
    • AWS Core Services
    • AWS Frameworks
    • Regions and Availability Zones
  • SQL
    • SQL Refresher for Threat Hunting
  • Logging Reference
    • Cloudtrail
      • What is Cloudtrail?
      • Setting Up Cloudtrail
      • Cloudtrail Events Structure
      • Filtering and Searching CloudTrail Logs
      • IAM ID Prefixes
      • Additional Resources
      • API References
    • VPCFlow Logs
    • GuardDuty
      • Multi-Account Setup
      • GuardDuty Concepts
      • GuardDuty Finding References
      • S3 Protection
      • Malware Protection
        • EC2 Malware Protection
          • EC2 Protection Resources
          • Monitoring Scans
          • EC2 Malware Protection Events: CloudWatch
        • S3 Malware Protection
          • Enabling S3 Malware Protection
          • After Enabling S3 Malware Protection
          • S3 Malware Resource Plan Status
          • S3 Malware Protection Quotas
      • RDS Protection Enablement
      • Lambda Protection Enablement
      • Trusted IP Lists and Threat Lists in Amazon GuardDuty
      • Remediation Recommendations
      • GuardDuty API Reference
      • GuardDuty Quotas
    • Access Analyzer
      • Setup
      • External Access and Unused Access Analyzer Findings
      • Review Findings
      • Access Analyzer Resources
      • Access Analyzer API Reference
    • AWS Network Firewall
      • Permissions
      • Firewall Log Contents
      • Logging Destinations
      • CloudWatch Firewall Metrics
    • AWS Config
      • Resource Management in AWS Config
      • AWS Config Integrations
      • AWS Config Resources
      • Configuration Item
      • Config Rules
        • Evaluation Modes
  • CloudWatch
    • Amazon CloudWatch
      • CloudWatch Concepts
      • CloudWatch Metrics
        • Filter Pattern Syntax
      • CloudWatch Alarms
        • Alarm Recommendations
      • Subscriptions
      • CloudWatch Agent
      • CloudWatch Insights
        • Supported Logs and Discovered Fields
        • CloudWatch Insights Query Syntax
      • Anomaly Detection
        • Create Anomaly Detector
        • Alarms for Anomaly Detections
      • CloudWatch Filter Syntax
      • CloudWatch Service Quota
  • Athena For Threat Hunting
    • Introduction to Athena
    • Setting Up Athena
    • SQL For Threat Hunters
    • Automated Response
    • Query Best Practices
  • AWS Security Research and Resources
    • AWS Security Blog
    • AWS Goat
    • Cloud Goat
    • Pacu
    • Prowler
    • Scout Suite
  • Threat Hunting in AWS
    • Threat Hunting in AWS
    • Threat Hunting Introduction
    • Threat Hunting Process
      • Hypothesis Generation
      • Investigation
      • Identification
      • Resolution & Follow Up
    • Pyramid of Pain
    • MITRE Att&ck
      • MITRE Att&ck Concepts
      • MITRE Att&CK Data Sources
      • MITRE Att&CK Mitigations
    • MITRE Att&ck: AWS
      • MITRE Att&CK Matrix
      • Amazon Web Services Security Control Mappings
    • AWS Threat Hunting Ideas
      • AWS Threat Hunting Ideas: EC2
      • AWS Threat Hunting Ideas: Lambda
      • AWS Threat Hunting Ideas: SQS
      • AWS Threat Hunting Ideas: SNS
      • AWS Threat Hunting Ideas: RDS
Powered by GitBook
On this page
  • Overview
  • Key Features:
  1. CloudWatch
  2. Amazon CloudWatch

CloudWatch Insights

Overview

CloudWatch Logs Insights is a powerful tool for searching, analyzing, and troubleshooting log data stored in Amazon CloudWatch Logs. It helps you efficiently diagnose operational issues and validate fixes by enabling interactive queries.

Key Features:

  1. Interactive Queries:

    • Use a purpose-built query language with commands tailored for log analysis.

    • Includes sample queries, autocompletion, and log field discovery to assist users.

  2. Field Discovery & AI Assistance:

    • Automatically discovers fields in logs from AWS services (e.g., Route 53, Lambda, CloudTrail, VPC).

    • Supports logs in JSON format from custom or application logs.

    • Natural language support allows users to describe their query needs, and the system generates a query along with an explanation.

  3. Cross-Account Observability:

    • In cross-account observability setups, users can query logs from multiple accounts and log groups through a monitoring account.

  4. Query Limits and Performance:

    • A single query can search up to 50 log groups across accounts.

    • Queries time out after 60 minutes if not completed.

    • Results are retained for 7 days, and queries can be saved for future reuse.

  5. Billing:

    • Charges are based on the amount of data queried. For more information, see Amazon CloudWatch pricing.

  6. Availability:

    • Logs must have been collected after November 5, 2018, to be accessible through Logs Insights.

    • Queries can only access events created after the log group was established.

PreviousCloudWatch AgentNextSupported Logs and Discovered Fields

Last updated 8 months ago