
Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports HTTP-based log ingestion through HLC, ND-JSON, Structured JSON, and OTEL protocols with bearer token authentication, enabling customers to send logs without AWS SDK integration.


<div><p>This article announces HTTP-based log ingestion support for Amazon CloudWatch Logs, enabling log collection without AWS SDK integration.</p><ul><li>Four HTTP endpoints available: HLC, ND-JSON, Structured JSON, and OpenTelemetry formats</li><li>Supports third-party and packaged software log ingestion where SDK integration is infeasible</li><li>Bearer token authentication required; API keys configurable with 1-365 day expiration periods</li><li>CloudWatch automatically creates IAM users with service-specific credentials and permissions</li><li>Bearer token authentication must be enabled per log group for security protection</li><li>Available in US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), US East (Ohio)</li></ul><p>CloudWatch Logs now provides flexible HTTP-based log ingestion options for diverse logging scenarios, improving integration capabilities beyond traditional SDK methods.</p></div>


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