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AWS::Logs::Transformer ParseWAF

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AWS::Logs::Transformer ParseWAF - AWS CloudFormation
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Use this processor to parse AWS WAF vended logs, extract fields, and and convert them into a JSON format. This processor always processes the entire log event message. For more information about this processor including examples, see parseWAF.

For more information about AWS WAF log format, see Log examples for web ACL traffic.

Important

If you use this processor, it must be the first processor in your transformer.

Syntax

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

JSON

{ "Source" : String }

YAML

Source: String

Properties

Source

Omit this parameter and the whole log message will be processed by this processor. No other value than @message is allowed for source.

Required: No

Type: String

Pattern: ^.*[a-zA-Z0-9]+.*$

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