94. Get the Most out of CloudTrail with Athena
Description
Ever wondered how to gain deep insights into the myriad of activities within your AWS organization accounts? In this episode of AWS Bites, we dive into the world of AWS CloudTrail and Athena, showing you how to seamlessly query and analyze CloudTrail logs for valuable information, troubleshooting, security, and compliance.
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In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
A gist with the code for a working example of a Glue Catalog Data Table for CloudTrail logs that can be used with Athena: https://gist.github.com/eoinsha/6cf5ce478d36d797d314f161275c5aa6
Our previous episode on CloudWatch Logs Insights: https://awsbites.com/35-how-can-you-become-a-logs-ninja-with-cloudwatch/
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