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# Amazon Cloud Watch

You can configure collecting Amazon CloudWatch logs and data using a standard data source, content pack integration (onboarded prior to July 26, 2026), or connector (onboarded after July 26, 2026):

| Amazon CloudWatch vendor                                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Standard data source overview                                                | Forward generic and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) logs to Cortex XSIAM from Amazon CloudWatch using the Amazon CloudWatch data source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Link to standard data source instructions                                    | <p>The following types of data can be ingested from Amazon CloudWatch:</p><ul><li>Generic logs of the raw data or in a JSON format from Amazon Kinesis Firehose</li><li>EKS logs are automatically ingested in a JSON format from Amazon Kinesis Firehose</li></ul><p>For more information, see <a href="/pages/gViOj2iah0NPJQcceIzM">Ingest logs from Amazon CloudWatch</a>.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Links to content pack/integration details (onboarded prior to July 26, 2026) | <p>The <a href="https://cortex.marketplace.pan.dev/marketplace/details/AWSCloudWatchLogs">AWS - CloudWatchLogs</a> content pack facilitates interaction with the Amazon Web Services CloudWatch Logs service. It contains the following integration:</p><ul><li><a href="https://xsoar.pan.dev/docs/reference/integrations/aws---cloud-watch-logs">AWS - CloudWatchLogs</a>: Use this integration to monitor, store, and access your log files from AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Route 53, and other sources. You can then retrieve the associated log data from CloudWatch Logs. It contains commands for managing log streams and log groups, including creating, deleting, filtering, and describing log streams and log groups.</li></ul><p>For detailed instructions about setting up authentication, see <a href="https://xsoar.pan.dev/docs/reference/articles/aws-integrations---authentication">AWS Integrations - Authentication</a>.</p> |
| Link to connector (onboarded after July 26, 2026)                            | [AWS Automation and Collection](/cortex-xsiam/configure-cortex-xsiam/cortex-xsiam-data-sources/vendor-specific-data-sources-and-connectors/amazon/aws-automation-and-collection.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |


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