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CreateLogSubscription - AWS Directory Service

CreateLogSubscription

Creates a subscription to forward real-time Directory Service domain controller security logs to the specified Amazon CloudWatch log group in your AWS account.

Request Syntax

{ "DirectoryId": "string", "LogGroupName": "string" }

Request Parameters

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

DirectoryId

Identifier of the directory to which you want to subscribe and receive real-time logs to your specified CloudWatch log group.

Type: String

Pattern: ^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$

Required: Yes

LogGroupName

The name of the CloudWatch log group where the real-time domain controller logs are forwarded.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: [-._/#A-Za-z0-9]+

Required: Yes

Response Elements

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

Errors

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

ClientException

A client exception has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 400

EntityAlreadyExistsException

The specified entity already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 400

EntityDoesNotExistException

The specified entity could not be found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InsufficientPermissionsException

The account does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceException

An exception has occurred in AWS Directory Service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

UnsupportedOperationException

The operation is not supported.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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