{"id":3514,"date":"2023-02-04T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2023-02-11T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T11:44:55","slug":"how-to-create-a-trail-in-cloudtrail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3514","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Trail in CloudTrail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AWS CloudTrail is an AWS service that helps you enable operational and risk auditing, governance, and compliance of your AWS account. Actions taken by a user, role, or an AWS service are recorded as events in CloudTrail. Events include actions taken in the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface, and AWS SDKs and APIs. Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/cloudtrail\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/cloudtrail\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prerequisites: Having a valid AWS Account (Follow the step in this link to create an AWS Account) <a href=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Sign Up for a new Amazon Web Services Account<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign in in AWS console as IAM user<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Login to the AWS management console (<a href=\"https:\/\/console.aws.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/console.aws.amazon.com\/<\/a>) with our IAM user<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a Trail to monitor and log and activity of all AWS Account activity into an S3 bucket storage account<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the search bar \/ Type CloudTrail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture1-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture1-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on Cloud Trail Dashboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture2-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture2-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture2-3-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View the CloudTrail Dashboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-3-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can list all the event in your account by clicking on Event history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture4-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture4-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture4-3-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notes: Events are store in CloudTrail for 90 days by default<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To save event for more than 90 days you must create a trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on Dashboard \/ Create trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture5-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture5-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture5-3-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter a Trail name \/ Create or Select an S3 bucket \/ Review the others option \/ Click Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture6-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture6-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture6-3-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add data and insights event \/ review all the other option \/ Choose Data event type S3 \/ Click Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture7-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture7-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture7-3-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review your options and click Create trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture8-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture8-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture8-2-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on your trail name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture9-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture9-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture9-2-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have the option to delete or stop trail logging<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture10-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture10-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture10-2-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p 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