1. Assessment Phase

  • List CloudFront Distributions
  • Select CloudFront Distribution
  • Select S3 Bucket
  • Provide S3 Bucket Details
  • Fetch Distribution Config & ETag

2. Summary Phase

  • Confirm Config Details

3. Configuration Phase

  • Create S3 Bucket
  • Apply S3 Bucket Policy
  • Update Distribution Config

4. Validation Phase

  • Trigger CloudFront Traffic
  • Validate Logs
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CloudFront Logging Configuration

Overview

Ensure robust logging for your CloudFront distributions by configuring logging to an S3 bucket. This plan guides you through selecting regions, distributions, and setting up S3 buckets to receive CloudFront logs. It systematically helps determine your CloudFront distribution logging needs, facilitates configuration changes, and validates the setup by confirming log delivery.

Execution Details

Assessment Phase

  1. Select AWS Region: Identify which AWS region hosts your CloudFront distribution and align S3 bucket creation with this selection.
  2. List CloudFront Distributions: Retrieve and review all CloudFront distributions, detailing IDs, domain names, and statuses.
  3. Select CloudFront Distribution: Choose the specific distribution ID for which logging needs to be enabled.
  4. Select S3 Bucket: Decide whether to use an existing S3 bucket or create a new one to store CloudFront logs.
  5. Provide S3 Bucket Details: If applicable, specify a new S3 bucket name and optional logging prefix for organizing logs.
  6. Fetch Distribution Config & ETag: Retrieve the current configuration and ETag of the selected distribution for updates.

Summary Phase

  • Confirm Config Details: Review and confirm collected configuration details including AWS region, distribution ID, S3 bucket name, log prefix, and ETag to ensure accuracy before proceeding.

Configuration Phase

  1. Create S3 Bucket: Create a new S3 bucket, if opted, for storing CloudFront logs, in the selected AWS region.
  2. Apply S3 Bucket Policy: Apply permissions that allow CloudFront to write logs to the selected or newly created S3 bucket.
  3. Update Distribution Config: Modify the distribution configuration to ensure logs are directed to the configured S3 bucket with the appropriate settings.

Validation Phase

  1. Trigger CloudFront Traffic: Generate traffic to the CloudFront distribution to catalyze log creation and delivery.
  2. Validate Logs: Verify logs are being delivered to the S3 bucket by checking for expected log entries, ensuring that the logging setup operates seamlessly.