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CloudWatch Log Group

Resource Type

AWS.CloudWatch.LogGroup

Resource ID Format

For CloudWatch Log Groups, the resource ID is the ARN.
arn:aws:logs:us-west-2:123456789012:log-group:/prefix/groupname:*

Background

CloudWatch Logs enables teams to centralize logs from systems, applications, and AWS services.

Fields

Field
Type
Description
KmsKeyId
String
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CMK to use when encrypting log data.
MetricFilterCount
Integer
The number of metric filters.
RetentionInDays
Integer
The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group. If this value is null, logs are kept forever.
StoredBytes
Integer
The number of bytes stored in the log group.
{
"AccountId": "123456789012",
"Arn": "arn:aws:logs:us-west-2:123456789012:log-group:/prefix/groupname:*",
"KmsKeyId": null,
"MetricFilterCount": 0,
"Name": "/prefix/groupname",
"Region": "us-west-2",
"ResourceId": "arn:aws:logs:us-west-2:123456789012:log-group:/prefix/groupname:*",
"ResourceType": "AWS.CloudWatch.LogGroup",
"RetentionInDays": 365,
"StoredBytes": 100000,
"Tags": null,
"TimeCreated": "2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}