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title: "Collecting AWS CloudWatch Logs"
slug: "collecting-aws-cloudwatch-logs"
description: "Learn how to set up AWS CloudWatch Log Collection with Stackify AWS Monitor. Deploy the CloudFormation Stack and monitor log data efficiently for AWS regions."
updated: 2020-04-09T14:18:29Z
published: 2020-04-09T14:18:29Z
canonical: "docs.stackify.com/collecting-aws-cloudwatch-logs"
---

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# Collecting AWS CloudWatch Logs

This document details how to setup **AWS CloudWatch Log Collection**.

## Stackify AWS Monitor Setup

**AWS CloudWatch Logs** support requires a **Stackify AWS Monitor** server to forward log data to Stackify. A monitoring server is required for each AWS region you are logging in.

Log into your AWS account and click the **Launch Stack** button below to deploy the **CloudFormation Stack Cloud Formation Template**.

- Set parameter **StackifyCloudWatchLogs** to `true`
- Set parameter **StackifyCloudWatchLogsGroupNames** to the Log Groups you want to monitor (default is `*`).

[![image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/cloudformation-launch-stack.png)](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/new?stackName=stackify-aws-monitor&templateURL=https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.stackify.com/aws-template/aws-monitor-cloudformation-template.yaml)

## AWS Costs

- Each **Stackify AWS Monitor** runs inside an **t2.micro** ec2 instance by default.
- We suggest reducing retention on  **CloudWatch Log Groups**.