Can I send a logfile, generated by an local application (outside AWS) to cloudwatch?

Question

Its a PowerShell script that continuously generates performance monitoring data. It runs on a client to monitor the performance on an end-user device.
 Any chance I can add the results to cloudwatch?

Answer

You can do try the following steps:
1. [Install Cloudwatch Agent on the Windows Server. ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/UseCloudWatchUnifiedAgent.html)
2. [Create the CloudWatch Agent Configuration File with the Wizard ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/create-cloudwatch-agent-configuration-file-wizard.html)
3. [Edit the CloudWatch agent configuration file](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Configuration-File-Details.html): Logs section - log_collected field, to send the result file to CloudWatch

Answer

Hello,

AWS has a Powershell module for invoking API calls. The Cmdlet used for publishing logs to CloudWatch is [Write-CWLLogEvent](
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Write-CWLLogEvent.html). More information about what the API call does can be found on the [CLI documentation](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/2.4.18/reference/logs/put-log-events.html).

To create visualization of the log data you can use [metric filters.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/CreateMetricFilterProcedure.html). This will create a metric every time a new log entry meets the pattern you create.

Can I send a logfile, generated by an local application (outside AWS) to cloudwatch?

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