Welcome - Amazon CloudWatch Logs

Welcome

Amazon CloudWatch Logs enables you to monitor, store, and access your system, application, and custom log files. This guide provides detailed information about CloudWatch Logs actions, data types, parameters, and errors. For more information about CloudWatch Logs features, see the Amazon CloudWatch Logs User Guide.

Use the following links to get started using the CloudWatch Logs Query API:

Alternatively, you can use one of the AWS SDKs to access CloudWatch Logs using an API tailored to your programming language or platform.

Developers in the AWS developer community also provide their own libraries, which you can find at the following AWS developer centers: