Sending AWS Cost Explorer Logs to Sumo Logic

Introduction

Hemanth from the Alliance Department here. Today, I'm excited to share insights on how to easily integrate your AWS Cost Explorer logs with Sumo Logic by streamlining your log management process.

Sumo Logic

A cloud-based log management and analytics software called Sumo Logic which enables businesses to exploit their machine data for useful insights. Sumo Logic's flexible capabilities make log data analysis simple and offer real-time visibility into operational and security insights.

AWS Cost Explorer

An AWS Service that'll assist you in managing and optimizing your AWS consumption and costs is AWS Cost Explorer. Use forecasts, reports, and graphs to see and analyze your data. Make personalized reports by utilizing filters, groups, and time intervals. Use the API to retrieve your data programmatically. Find pricing anomalies and receive recommendations for Reserved Instances. Make a budget and project your future consumption and spending.

Demo

Begin by creating an access key for an IAM user with the following policy in AWS Log in to your Sumo Logic account, navigate to "Manage Data," and click on "Add Collector" Select the hosted collector option, assign a name, and save your settings