CloudWatch logs connector for SumoLogic through AWS Lambda

Beam CloudWatch logs to SumoLogic using AWS Lambda

Basics

Requirements

• Have node.js installed
• Have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Account
• Create an IAM role that has access to AWS Lambda, CloudWatch (make sure you modify package.json to set the same role name)

Building

• npm install to install node modules

Deploying

• Configure your AWS environment keys (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_ACCOUNT_ID)
• Modify config.json, add appropriate values as necessary (http collector endpoint from SumoLogic)
• gulp deploy to build and deploy this to your AWS Lambda environment. Check login function in your selected region
• Make sure to add appropriate CloudWatch logs as event sources to your lambda function

Testing

Check the HTTP collector to see if there are incoming messages and search using SumoLogic