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elasticsearch-logs-to-cloudwatch

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elasticsearch-logs-to-cloudwatch - AWS Config

Checks if Amazon OpenSearch Service domains are configured to send logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. The rule is COMPLIANT if a log is enabled for an Amazon ES domain. This rule is NON_COMPLIANT if logging is not configured.

Identifier: ELASTICSEARCH_LOGS_TO_CLOUDWATCH

Resource Types: AWS::Elasticsearch::Domain

Trigger type: Configuration changes

AWS Region: All supported AWS regions

Parameters:

logTypes (Optional)
Type: CSV

Comma-separated list of logs that are enabled. Valid values are 'search', 'index', 'error'.

Proactive Evaluation

For steps on how to run this rule in proactive mode, see Evaluating Your Resources with AWS Config Rules. For this rule to return COMPLIANT in proactive mode, the resource configuration schema for the StartResourceEvaluation API needs to include the following inputs, encoded as a string:

"ResourceConfiguration": ... { "LogPublishingOptions": "{Key : Value, ...}"* } ...

*An object with one or more of the following keys: SEARCH_SLOW_LOGS, ES_APPLICATION_LOGS, INDEX_SLOW_LOGS, AUDIT_LOGS, depending on the types of logs you want to publish. Each key needs a valid LogPublishingOption value.

For more information on proactive evaluation, see Evaluation Mode.

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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