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CreateTrail

Creates a trail that specifies the settings for delivery of log data to an Amazon S3 bucket. A maximum of five trails can exist in a region, irrespective of the region in which they were created.

Request Syntax


{
   "CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn": "string",
   "CloudWatchLogsRoleArn": "string",
   "EnableLogFileValidation": boolean,
   "IncludeGlobalServiceEvents": boolean,
   "IsMultiRegionTrail": boolean,
   "IsOrganizationTrail": boolean,
   "KmsKeyId": "string",
   "Name": "string",
   "S3BucketName": "string",
   "S3KeyPrefix": "string",
   "SnsTopicName": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn

Specifies a log group name using an Amazon Resource Name (ARN), a unique identifier that represents the log group to which CloudTrail logs will be delivered. Not required unless you specify CloudWatchLogsRoleArn.

Type: String

Required: No

CloudWatchLogsRoleArn

Specifies the role for the CloudWatch Logs endpoint to assume to write to a user's log group.

Type: String

Required: No

EnableLogFileValidation

Specifies whether log file integrity validation is enabled. The default is false.

Note

When you disable log file integrity validation, the chain of digest files is broken after one hour. CloudTrail will not create digest files for log files that were delivered during a period in which log file integrity validation was disabled. For example, if you enable log file integrity validation at noon on January 1, disable it at noon on January 2, and re-enable it at noon on January 10, digest files will not be created for the log files delivered from noon on January 2 to noon on January 10. The same applies whenever you stop CloudTrail logging or delete a trail.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

IncludeGlobalServiceEvents

Specifies whether the trail is publishing events from global services such as IAM to the log files.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

IsMultiRegionTrail

Specifies whether the trail is created in the current region or in all regions. The default is false, which creates a trail only in the region where you are signed in. As a best practice, consider creating trails that log events in all regions.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

IsOrganizationTrail

Specifies whether the trail is created for all accounts in an organization in AWS Organizations, or only for the current AWS account. The default is false, and cannot be true unless the call is made on behalf of an AWS account that is the master account for an organization in AWS Organizations.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

KmsKeyId

Specifies the KMS key ID to use to encrypt the logs delivered by CloudTrail. The value can be an alias name prefixed by "alias/", a fully specified ARN to an alias, a fully specified ARN to a key, or a globally unique identifier.

Examples:

alias/MyAliasName
arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:123456789012:alias/MyAliasName
arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:123456789012:key/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012
12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012

Type: String

Required: No

Name

Specifies the name of the trail. The name must meet the following requirements:

Contain only ASCII letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), periods (.), underscores (_), or dashes (-)
Start with a letter or number, and end with a letter or number
Be between 3 and 128 characters
Have no adjacent periods, underscores or dashes. Names like my-_namespace and my--namespace are invalid.
Not be in IP address format (for example, 192.168.5.4)

Type: String

Required: Yes

S3BucketName

Specifies the name of the Amazon S3 bucket designated for publishing log files. See Amazon S3 Bucket Naming Requirements.

Type: String

Required: Yes

S3KeyPrefix

Specifies the Amazon S3 key prefix that comes after the name of the bucket you have designated for log file delivery. For more information, see Finding Your CloudTrail Log Files. The maximum length is 200 characters.

Type: String

Required: No

SnsTopicName

Specifies the name of the Amazon SNS topic defined for notification of log file delivery. The maximum length is 256 characters.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn": "string",
   "CloudWatchLogsRoleArn": "string",
   "IncludeGlobalServiceEvents": boolean,
   "IsMultiRegionTrail": boolean,
   "IsOrganizationTrail": boolean,
   "KmsKeyId": "string",
   "LogFileValidationEnabled": boolean,
   "Name": "string",
   "S3BucketName": "string",
   "S3KeyPrefix": "string",
   "SnsTopicARN": "string",
   "SnsTopicName": "string",
   "TrailARN": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn

Specifies the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the log group to which CloudTrail logs will be delivered.

Type: String

CloudWatchLogsRoleArn

Specifies the role for the CloudWatch Logs endpoint to assume to write to a user's log group.

Type: String

IncludeGlobalServiceEvents

Specifies whether the trail is publishing events from global services such as IAM to the log files.

Type: Boolean

IsMultiRegionTrail

Specifies whether the trail exists in one region or in all regions.

Type: Boolean

IsOrganizationTrail

Specifies whether the trail is an organization trail.

Type: Boolean

KmsKeyId

Specifies the KMS key ID that encrypts the logs delivered by CloudTrail. The value is a fully specified ARN to a KMS key in the format:

arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:123456789012:key/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012

Type: String

LogFileValidationEnabled

Specifies whether log file integrity validation is enabled.

Type: Boolean

Name

Specifies the name of the trail.

Type: String

S3BucketName

Specifies the name of the Amazon S3 bucket designated for publishing log files.

Type: String

S3KeyPrefix

Specifies the Amazon S3 key prefix that comes after the name of the bucket you have designated for log file delivery. For more information, see Finding Your CloudTrail Log Files.

Type: String

SnsTopicARN

Specifies the ARN of the Amazon SNS topic that CloudTrail uses to send notifications when log files are delivered. The format of a topic ARN is:

arn:aws:sns:us-east-2:123456789012:MyTopic

Type: String

SnsTopicName

This field is deprecated. Use CreateTrail:SnsTopicARN.

Type: String

TrailARN

Specifies the ARN of the trail that was created. The format of a trail ARN is:

arn:aws:cloudtrail:us-east-2:123456789012:trail/MyTrail

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

CloudTrailAccessNotEnabledException

This exception is thrown when trusted access has not been enabled between AWS CloudTrail and AWS Organizations. For more information, see Enabling Trusted Access with Other AWS Services and Prepare For Creating a Trail For Your Organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

CloudWatchLogsDeliveryUnavailableException

Cannot set a CloudWatch Logs delivery for this region.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InsufficientDependencyServiceAccessPermissionException

This exception is thrown when the IAM user or role that is used to create the organization trail is lacking one or more required permissions for creating an organization trail in a required service. For more information, see Prepare For Creating a Trail For Your Organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InsufficientEncryptionPolicyException

This exception is thrown when the policy on the S3 bucket or KMS key is not sufficient.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InsufficientS3BucketPolicyException

This exception is thrown when the policy on the S3 bucket is not sufficient.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InsufficientSnsTopicPolicyException

This exception is thrown when the policy on the SNS topic is not sufficient.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidCloudWatchLogsLogGroupArnException

This exception is thrown when the provided CloudWatch log group is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidCloudWatchLogsRoleArnException

This exception is thrown when the provided role is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidKmsKeyIdException

This exception is thrown when the KMS key ARN is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterCombinationException

This exception is thrown when the combination of parameters provided is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidS3BucketNameException

This exception is thrown when the provided S3 bucket name is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidS3PrefixException

This exception is thrown when the provided S3 prefix is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidSnsTopicNameException

This exception is thrown when the provided SNS topic name is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidTrailNameException

This exception is thrown when the provided trail name is not valid. Trail names must meet the following requirements:

Contain only ASCII letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), periods (.), underscores (_), or dashes (-)
Start with a letter or number, and end with a letter or number
Be between 3 and 128 characters
Have no adjacent periods, underscores or dashes. Names like my-_namespace and my--namespace are invalid.
Not be in IP address format (for example, 192.168.5.4)

HTTP Status Code: 400

KmsException

This exception is thrown when there is an issue with the specified KMS key and the trail can’t be updated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

KmsKeyDisabledException

This exception is deprecated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

KmsKeyNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the KMS key does not exist, or when the S3 bucket and the KMS key are not in the same region.

HTTP Status Code: 400

MaximumNumberOfTrailsExceededException

This exception is thrown when the maximum number of trails is reached.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotOrganizationMasterAccountException

This exception is thrown when the AWS account making the request to create or update an organization trail is not the master account for an organization in AWS Organizations. For more information, see Prepare For Creating a Trail For Your Organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationNotPermittedException

This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not permitted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OrganizationNotInAllFeaturesModeException

This exception is thrown when AWS Organizations is not configured to support all features. All features must be enabled in AWS Organization to support creating an organization trail. For more information, see Prepare For Creating a Trail For Your Organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OrganizationsNotInUseException

This exception is thrown when the request is made from an AWS account that is not a member of an organization. To make this request, sign in using the credentials of an account that belongs to an organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

S3BucketDoesNotExistException

This exception is thrown when the specified S3 bucket does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TrailAlreadyExistsException

This exception is thrown when the specified trail already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TrailNotProvidedException

This exception is deprecated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedOperationException

This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not supported.

HTTP Status Code: 400

CreateTrail

Request Syntax

Request Parameters

Response Syntax

Response Elements

Errors

See Also