cloudwatch-logs-subscription-consumer
A specialized Amazon Kinesis stream reader that delivers CloudWatch Logs data to other systems like Elasticsearch and S3 in near real-time.
What is cloudwatch-logs-subscription-consumer?
CloudWatch Logs Subscription Consumer is a specialized Amazon Kinesis stream reader that delivers data from Amazon CloudWatch Logs to external systems like Elasticsearch and S3 in near real-time. It solves the problem of centralized log analysis by enabling seamless streaming of AWS service logs (e.g., VPC Flow Logs, Lambda, CloudTrail) to customizable dashboards and storage solutions.
AWS users, DevOps engineers, and SREs who need to analyze and monitor logs from AWS services in real-time, particularly those using Elasticsearch for log aggregation.
Developers choose this tool because it provides a ready-to-use, extensible pipeline for CloudWatch Logs with pre-built Kibana dashboards, reducing the complexity of setting up log analysis infrastructure from scratch.
Overview
A specialized Amazon Kinesis stream reader (based on the Amazon Kinesis Connector Library) that can help you deliver data from Amazon CloudWatch Logs to any other system in near real-time using a CloudWatch Logs Subscription Filter.
Use Cases
Best For
- Streaming AWS VPC Flow Logs to Elasticsearch for network traffic analysis
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