Skip to main content

AWS CloudTrail

AWS CloudTrail is an application template in the AWS Services category of the Application Catalog. Its card describes it as AWS CloudTrail event import. Installing it from the form below adds an application to Applications. Its template ID, AWSCloudTrail, is the one listed on Application Templates.

Menu path: Applications → Install Application → AWS CloudTrail · URL path: /v2/applications/install?template=AWSCloudTrail

Task guide: AWS CloudTrail

Install AWS CloudTrail form with the Application section's Instance name and Display name fields, the Configuration section's AWS Region, SQS notification queue url, Pre-defined AWS Role, Pre-defined AWS User, IAM access key and IAM access secret fields, and Advanced configuration expanded to datalake and datalake index name, above Cancel, Dry run and Install Application

Application​

The two fields every install form starts with: Instance name names this installation in its URL, and Display name is shown for it on Applications and its details page.

FieldTypeRequiredDefault
Instance nameTextYesdefault
Display nameTextYesDefault

Configuration​

FieldTypeRequiredDefault
AWS RegionDrop-down listYesUS N.Virginia
SQS notification queue urlTextYes-
Pre-defined AWS RoleDrop-down listNo-
Pre-defined AWS UserDrop-down listNo-
IAM access keyTextNo-
IAM access secretPasswordNo-
  • AWS Region is one of 11 regions: US N.Virginia, US Ohio, US N.California, US Oregon, Canada Central, Africa Cape Town, Europe Frankfurt, Europe Ireland, Europe London, Europe Paris, Europe Stockholm.
  • Pre-defined AWS Role lists the IAM roles registered on AWS Roles.

Advanced configuration​

Collapsed when the form opens; click its heading to show the data lake the application writes to.

FieldTypeRequiredDefault
datalakeTextYesmanaged
datalake index nameTextYesCloudTrail

Install​

Install Application installs AWS CloudTrail with the values in the form; Dry run checks them first, without installing (see Dry run); Cancel returns to the catalog without installing. Every template's form shares the shape described under Install Form.