This is an AWS Lambda function that collects CloudWatch logs and sends them to Logz.io in bulk, over HTTP.

1. Sign in to your AWS account and open the AWS Lambda console.
2. Click Create function, to create a new Lambda function.
3. Select Author from scratch, and enter the following information:

• Name - enter a name for your new Lambda function. We suggest adding the log type to the name.
• Runtime - from the drop-down menu, select Python 2.7 as the function’s runtime.
• Role - leave the default Choose an existing role selection, and under Existing role, select lambda_basic_execution

4. Hit the Create Function button in the bottom-right corner of the page.

1. In the Function Code section, open the Code entry type menu, and select Edit code inline.
2. Copy the Lambda function in this repository into the editor.
3. In the Environment variables section, set your Logz.io token, URL and log type:

• TOKEN: your Logz.io account token. Can be retrieved on the Settings page in the Logz.io UI.
• TYPE: the log type you are going to use with this Lambda. Please note that you should create a new Lambda for each log type you are using. For a list of the log types we support, go here.
• FORMAT: 'JSON' is supported, if the 'FORMAT' JSON is set the lambda function will attempt to parse the message field as json and populate the event data with the parsed fields.
• URL: the Logz.io listener URL. If you are in the EU region insert https://listener-eu.logz.io:8071. Otherwise, use https://listener.logz.io:8071. You can tell which region you are in by checking your login URL - app.logz.io means you are in the US. app-eu.logz.io means you are in the EU.

4. In the Basic Settings section, we recommend to start by setting memory to 512(MB) and a 1(MIN) timeout, and then subsequently adjusting these values based on trial and error, and according to your Lambda usage.
5. Leave the other settings as default

1. Under Add triggers at the top of the page, select the CloudWatch Log trigger.
2. In the Configure triggers section, you will then be required to enter the log group from which the Logz.io Lambda collects the logs. You will also need to enter a filter name.
3. Click Add to add the trigger and Save at the top of the page to save all your configurations.