We configure your instance to write the following logs.
Windows:
AmazonSSMAgentLog
AmazonCloudWatchAgentLog
AmazonSSMErrorLog
AmazonCloudFormationLog
ApplicationEventLog
EC2ConfigServiceEventLog
MicrosoftWindowsAppLockerEXEAndDLLEventLog
MicrosoftWindowsAppLockerMSIAndScriptEventLog
MicrosoftWindowsGroupPolicyOperationalEventLog
SecurityEventLog
SystemEventLog
Linux:
/var/log/amazon/ssm/amazon-ssm-agent.log
/var/log/amazon/ssm/errors.log
/var/log/audit/audit.log
/var/log/cloud-init-output.log
/var/log/cloud-init.log
/var/log/cron
/var/log/dpkg.log
/var/log/maillog
/var/log/messages
/var/log/secure
/var/log/spooler
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/yum.log
/var/log/zypper.log