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CloudFront

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| Version | 2.38.2 (View all) |
| Compatible Kibana version(s) | 8.16.2 or higher |
| Supported Serverless project types
What’s this? | Security
Observability |
| Subscription level
What’s this? | Basic |

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The AWS CloudFront integration allows you to monitor your AWS CloudFront usage.

Use the AWS CloudFront integration to collect and parse logs related to content delivery. Then visualize that data in Kibana, create alerts to notify you if something goes wrong, and reference logs when troubleshooting an issue.

For example, you could use the data from this integration to know when there are more than some number of failed requests for a single piece of content in a given time period. You could also use the data to troubleshoot the underlying issue by looking at additional context in the logs like the number of unique users (by IP address) who experienced the issue, the source of the request, and more.

Important

Extra AWS charges on API requests will be generated by this integration. Check API Requests for more details.

The AWS CloudFront integration collects one type of data: logs.

Logs help you keep a record of every user request that CloudFront receives. These logs are useful for many scenarios, including security and access audits. See more details in the Logs reference.

Before using any AWS integration you will need:

  • AWS Credentials to connect with your AWS account.
  • AWS Permissions to make sure the user you’re using to connect has permission to share the relevant data.

For more details about these requirements, please take a look at the AWS integration documentation.

Use this integration if you only need to collect data from the AWS CloudFront service.

If you want to collect data from two or more AWS services, consider using the AWS integration. When you configure the AWS integration, you can collect data from as many AWS services as you’d like.

For step-by-step instructions on how to set up an integration, see the Getting started guide.

The cloudfront data stream collects standard logs (also called access logs) from AWS CloudFront. CloudFront standard logs provide detailed records about every request that’s made to a distribution.

ECS Field Reference

Please refer to the following document for detailed information on ECS fields.