Log AWS Global Networks for Transit Gateways API calls using AWS CloudTrail
AWS Global Networks for Transit Gateways works with AWS CloudTrail, a service that provides a record of actions taken by a user, role, or an AWS service in global networks. CloudTrail captures all API calls for global network as events. The calls that are captured include calls from the Network Manager console and code calls to the global API operations. If you create a trail, you can enable continuous delivery of CloudTrail events to an Amazon S3 bucket, including events for Global Networks. If you don't configure a trail, you can still view the most recent events in the CloudTrail console in Event history. Using the information collected by CloudTrail, you can determine what request was made to global networks, the IP address from which the request was made, who made the request, when it was made, and additional details.
To learn more about CloudTrail, see the AWS CloudTrail User Guide.
Global network information in CloudTrail
CloudTrail is enabled on your AWS account when you create the account. When activity occurs in a global network, that activity is recorded in a CloudTrail event along with other AWS service events in Event history. You can view, search, and download recent events in your AWS account. For more information, see Viewing Events with CloudTrail Event History.
For an ongoing record of events in your AWS account, including events for a global network create a trail. A trail enables CloudTrail to deliver log files to an Amazon S3 bucket. By default, when you create a trail in the console, the trail applies to all AWS Regions. The trail logs events from all Regions in the AWS partition, and delivers the log files to the Amazon S3 bucket that you specify. Additionally, you can configure other AWS services to further analyze and act upon the event data collected in CloudTrail logs. For more information, see the following topics in the AWS CloudTrail User Guide.
All actions in a global network are logged by CloudTrail and are documented in the
Network Manager API Reference. For example, calls to the
CreateGlobalNetwork action generate entries in the CloudTrail log files.
Every event or log entry contains information about who generated the request. The identity information helps you determine the following:
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Whether the request was made with root or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM user) credentials
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Whether the request was made with temporary security credentials for a role or federated user
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Whether the request was made by another AWS service
For more information, see the CloudTrail userIdentity Element.
