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cloudtrail-enabled - AWS Config
Important

For this rule, the rule identifier (CLOUD_TRAIL_ENABLED) and rule name (cloudtrail-enabled) are different.

Checks if an AWS CloudTrail trail is enabled in your AWS account. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if a trail is not enabled. Optionally, the rule checks a specific S3 bucket, Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic, and CloudWatch log group.

Identifier: CLOUD_TRAIL_ENABLED

Trigger type: Periodic

AWS Region: All supported AWS regions

Parameters:

s3BucketName (Optional)
Type: String

Name of S3 bucket for CloudTrail to deliver log files to.

snsTopicArn (Optional)
Type: String

SNS topic ARN for CloudTrail to use for notifications.

cloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn (Optional)
Type: String

CloudWatch log group ARN for CloudTrail to send data to.

AWS CloudFormation template

To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.

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