Understanding AWS CloudTrail: Exploring the Triad of Event Recording Techniques
AWS CloudTrail is a service provided by AWS designed to facilitate operational and risk auditing, governance, and compliance for your AWS account. Events, such as actions performed by a user, role, or AWS service, are documented within CloudTrail. These events encompass actions executed in the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface, and AWS SDKs and APIs.
Event History
The Event history offers a comprehensive record of the last 90 days of recorded management events within an AWS Region. This record is not only viewable but also searchable, downloadable, and immutable. To conveniently access and review these management events, users can navigate to the Event history page on the CloudTrail console. Alternatively, the same information can be retrieved using the ‘aws cloudtrail lookup-events’ command or the LookupEvents API operation.
It’s important to note that the Event history operates independently and is not tied to any specific trails or event data stores in your AWS account. Consequently, any configuration changes made to trails and event data stores do not impact the Event history. This autonomy ensures the reliability and consistency of the historical record, allowing users to trace and analyze management events without interference…
