AWS CloudTrail Logs

Log Type: AWS CloudTrail

Template Description: Parsing the common fields in your AWS CloudTrail log.

Sample Log:

{  
   "eventVersion":"1.0",
   "userIdentity":{  
      "type":"IAMUser",
      "principalId":"AJNVDKSMCKLNVSJVNVNFJVNF",
      "arn":"arn:aws:iam::4574573938433:user/bsmith",
      "accountId":"4574573938433",
      "accessKeyId":"ADNFVZBRXERAF32GHCGXQ",
      "userName":"bsmith",
      "sessionContext":{  
         "attributes":{  
            "creationDate":"Wed Oct 23 14:36:48 UTC 2013",
            "mfaAuthenticated":"false"
         }
      }
   },
   "eventTime":"2017-07-13T18:21:12Z",
   "eventSource":"IAM",
   "eventName":"GetAccountPasswordPolicy",
   "awsRegion":"us-west-2",
   "sourceIPAddress":"34.87.4.6",
   "userAgent":"AWSConsole",
   "errorCode":"AccessDenied",
   "errorMessage":"User: arn:aws:iam::4574573938433:user/bsmith is not authorized to perform: iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy",
   "requestParameters":null,
   "responseElements":null
}

Parsing Rule:

parse "eventSource\":\"*\"" as event_source
| parse "\"sourceIPAddress\":\"*\"" as source_ipaddress
| parse "\"eventName\":\"*\"" as event_name
| parse "awsRegion\":\"*\"" as aws_Region
| parse "\"userName\":\"*\"" as user

Resulting Fields:

Field	Description	Example
event_source	The service that the request was made for.	IAM
source_ipaddress	The IP address from which the request was made.	34.87.4.6
event_name	Describes the requested action, which is one of the actions in the API for the respective service.	GetAccountPasswordPolicy
aws_Region	The AWS region that the request was made for.	us-west-2
user	The friendly name of the identity that made the call.	bsmith