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How to Enable and Manage AWS WAF Logging with CloudWatch Logs

  • AWS WAF allows you to log traffic of your web ACLs, providing detailed insights such as the request details, matched rules, and timestamps.
  • To enable logging, navigate to the AWS WAF console, select the desired web ACL, and enable logging with Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Amazon S3, or Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose as the destination.
  • Manage logs by applying field redaction to protect sensitive data and use log filtering to focus on specific web requests based on criteria like rule action or labels.
  • Analyze logs to gain insights into incoming web requests, matched rules and their actions, and details like IP address, HTTP method, and headers. Use Amazon CloudWatch to set alarms and create dashboards for monitoring and visualization.

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