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Publishing Flow Logs to an S3 Bucket

Complete these steps to publish flow logs to an S3 bucket.

  1. Log in to your AWS Management console, and then from the Services menu, navigate to the VPC Dashboard.
  2. Enable the check box for the VPC ID that you want to create flow logs for.
  3. Click the Flow Logs tab.
  4. Click Create Flow Log, and then configure the following parameters:
    Table 1: Create Flow Log Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Filter

    Select Accept, Reject, or All.

    Destination

    Select Send to an S3 Bucket.

    S3 Bucket ARN

    Type the ARN for the S3 Bucket.

    Examples:

    • arn:aws;s3:::myTestBucket

    • arn:aws:s3:::myTestBucket/testFlows
  5. Click Create.
Create the SQS queue that is used to receive ObjectCreated notifications.