AWS::Logs::LogStream

The AWS::Logs::LogStream resource creates an Amazon CloudWatch Logs log stream in a log group. A log stream represents the sequence of events coming from an application instance or resource that you are monitoring. For more information, see Monitoring Log Files in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

{
  "Type" : "AWS::Logs::LogStream",
  "Properties" : {
    "LogGroupName" : String,
    "LogStreamName" : String
  }
}

Type: AWS::Logs::LogStream
Properties: 
  LogGroupName: String
  LogStreamName: String

Properties

Return Values

Ref

When the logical ID of this resource is provided to the Ref intrinsic function, Ref returns the resource name, such as MyAppLogStream.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Example

The following example creates a CloudWatch Logs log stream named MyAppLogStream in the exampleLogGroup log group.

"LogStream": {
  "Type": "AWS::Logs::LogStream",
  "Properties": {
    "LogGroupName" : "exampleLogGroup",
    "LogStreamName": "MyAppLogStream"
  }
}

LogStream: 
  Type: AWS::Logs::LogStream
  Properties: 
    LogGroupName: "exampleLogGroup"
    LogStreamName: "MyAppLogStream"

On this page:

• Syntax
• Properties
• Return Values
• Example