In this tutorial, we will automate the tagging of new EC2 instances using CloudFormation templates. In the previous tutorial, we learnt how to tag AWS EC2 instances when they are created. We created an event rule in EventBridge to trigger a Lambda function to tag new EC2 instances with the name of the user that […]
In this tutorial, we will learn to tag AWS EC2 instances when they are created using Lambda function, written in Python. We will create a rule in EventBridge to trigger a Lambda function whenever a user creates a new AWS EC2 instance. The Lambda function will tag new EC2 instances with the name of the
This post is on how to create a CloudTrail Trail with S3 and CloudWatch in CloudFormation. In my previous article, I had provided 8 tips on how to configure CloudTrail for secure logging and auditing via the AWS management console. In this post, I have covered the same secure options using the much preferred and
HOWTO: Build CloudTrail Trail with CloudFormation Template for easy builds and tear down Read More »
1. CloudTrail is turned on by default and will store logs in the CloudTrail portal for 90 days. To extend the retention of the logs past 90 days, you need to configure a trail to send the logs to an S3 bucket. Additionally, you can also send the logs to CloudWatch to monitor your trail
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