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AWS::CloudTrail::Trail

CloudTrail Trail

Creates a trail that specifies the settings for delivery of log data to an Amazon S3 bucket. A maximum of five trails can exist in a region, irrespective of the region in which they were created.

Properties

17 configurable properties. 2 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
IsLogging
boolean
Required
S3BucketName
string
Required
AdvancedEventSelectors
Array<AdvancedEventSelector>
AggregationConfigurations
Array<AggregationConfiguration>
CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn
string
CloudWatchLogsRoleArn
string
EnableLogFileValidation
boolean
EventSelectors
Array<EventSelector>
IncludeGlobalServiceEvents
boolean
InsightSelectors
Array<InsightSelector>
IsMultiRegionTrail
boolean
IsOrganizationTrail
boolean
KMSKeyId
string
S3KeyPrefix
string
SnsTopicName
string
Tags
Array<Tag>
TrailName
string
Create-only

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
Arnstring-
SnsTopicArnstring-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::CloudTrail::Trail

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::CloudTrail::Trail
    Properties:
      S3BucketName: "my-s3bucketname"
      IsLogging: true
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

read

CloudTrail:GetTrailCloudTrail:GetTrailStatusCloudTrail:ListTagsCloudTrail:GetEventSelectorsCloudTrail:GetInsightSelectorsCloudTrail:GetEventConfigurationCloudTrail:DescribeTrails

create

CloudTrail:CreateTrailCloudTrail:StartLoggingCloudTrail:AddTagsCloudTrail:PutEventSelectorsCloudTrail:PutInsightSelectorsCloudTrail:PutEventConfigurationiam:GetRoleiam:PassRole

update

CloudTrail:UpdateTrailCloudTrail:StartLoggingCloudTrail:StopLoggingCloudTrail:AddTagsCloudTrail:RemoveTagsCloudTrail:PutEventSelectorsCloudTrail:PutInsightSelectorsCloudTrail:PutEventConfiguration

list

CloudTrail:ListTrailsCloudTrail:GetTrailCloudTrail:GetTrailStatusCloudTrail:ListTagsCloudTrail:GetEventSelectorsCloudTrail:GetInsightSelectorsCloudTrail:DescribeTrails

delete

CloudTrail:DeleteTrail

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Quick Facts

ServiceCloudTrail
Properties19
Required2
TaggingSupported
Primary IDTrailName

Supported Operations

ReadCreateUpdateListDelete

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

TrailName

Related Resources

External Links