AWS IoT Core adds new logs to troubleshoot connectivity and authentication
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This article announces two new Amazon CloudWatch Log event types for AWS IoT Core to help troubleshoot device connectivity and authentication issues.
- Ping log event type tracks MQTT Keep-alive messages and identifies connection failures
- Connection.AuthNError log event type records rejected authentication attempts with detailed error codes
- Enables faster resolution of credential and certificate issues across IoT fleets
- Available in all AWS Regions where AWS IoT Core is available
- Configure through AWS IoT Core event-level logging settings with CloudWatch log group destination
These new logging capabilities improve troubleshooting efficiency for IoT device connectivity and authentication problems.
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