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le_lambda

Follow the instructions below to send logs stored on AWS S3 to Logentries.

All source code and dependencies can be found on the le_lambda Github page.

Example use cases:
  • Forwarding AWS ELB and CloudFront logs
    • (make sure to set ELB/CloudFront to write logs every 5 minutes)
    • When forwarding these logs, the script will format the log lines according to Logentries KVP or JSON spec to make them easier to analyze
  • Forwarding OpenDNS logs

Obtain log token

  1. Log in to your Logentries account

  2. Add a new token based log

Deploy the script to AWS Lambda using AWS Console

  1. Create a new Lambda function

  2. Choose the Python blueprint for S3 objects

    Choose Blueprint

  3. Configure triggers:

    • Choose the bucket log files are being stored in
    • Set event type "Object Created (All)"
    • Tick "Enable Trigger" checkbox

  4. Configure function:

    • Give your function a name
    • Set runtime to Python 2.7

  5. Upload function code:

    • Create a .ZIP file, containing le_lambda.py and the folder certifi
      • Make sure the files and certifi folder are in the root of the ZIP archive
    • Choose "Upload a .ZIP file" in "Code entry type" dropdown and upload the archive created in previous step

  6. Set Environment Variables:

    • Token value should match UUID provided by Logentries UI or API
    • Region should be that of your LE account - currently only eu
    Key Value
    region eu
    token token uuid

  7. Lambda function handler and role

    • Change the "Handler" value to le_lambda.lambda_handler
    • Choose "Create a new role from template" from dropdown and give it a name below.
    • Leave "Policy templates" to pre-populated value

  8. Advanced settings:

    • Set memory limit to a high enough value to facilitate log parsing and sending - adjust to your needs
    • Set timeout to a high enough value to facilitate log parsing and sending - adjust to your needs
    • Leave VPC value to "No VPC" as the script only needs S3 access

  9. Enable function:

    • Click "Create function"

Gotchas:

  • The "Test" button execution in AWS Lambda will ALWAYS fail as the trigger is not provided by the built in test function. In order to verify, upload a sample file to source bucket