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Subscribe to AWS CloudWatch Logs

Use this workflow after you have connected your AWS account to KloudMate. You can subscribe CloudWatch log groups by region and make those logs searchable in Log Explorer.

Lambda logs from the connected AWS account are ingested automatically.

Before You Start

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Subscribe a CloudWatch Log Group

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  1. Go to Settings → Data Sources.
  2. On the card of the AWS account you want to ingest logs from, open the menu (⋮) and select CloudWatch Logs.

A connected AWS account card on the Data Sources page, with its menu open and CloudWatch Logs highlighted.

  1. Pick the AWS region, or search for a log group by name. The list shows each log group’s name, stored bytes, and creation time.

  2. Click Subscribe for each log group that you want KloudMate to ingest.

The CloudWatch Logs page, with the region picker, log group search, and a list of log groups with the Subscribe button highlighted on the first row.

CloudWatch Subscription Filter Limit

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If a log group already has two active subscription filters, KloudMate cannot add another one until an existing filter is removed.

Remove an Existing Subscription Filter

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To free a subscription slot:

  1. Open the AWS console.
  2. Go to CloudWatch → Log groups.
  3. Select the relevant log group.
  4. Open Actions.
  5. Click Remove Subscription Filter.
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