describe_flow_logs¶

describe_flow_logs(**kwargs)¶

Describes one or more flow logs.

To view the published flow log records, you must view the log destination. For example, the CloudWatch Logs log group, the Amazon S3 bucket, or the Kinesis Data Firehose delivery stream.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_flow_logs(
    DryRun=True|False,
    Filters=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Values': [
                'string',
            ]
        },
    ],
    FlowLogIds=[
        'string',
    ],
    MaxResults=123,
    NextToken='string'
)

Parameters

DryRun (boolean) -- Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .
Filters (list) --
One or more filters.
- deliver-log-status - The status of the logs delivery ( SUCCESS | FAILED ).
- log-destination-type - The type of destination for the flow log data ( cloud-watch-logs | s3 | kinesis-data-firehose ).
- flow-log-id - The ID of the flow log.
- log-group-name - The name of the log group.
- resource-id - The ID of the VPC, subnet, or network interface.
- traffic-type - The type of traffic ( ACCEPT | REJECT | ALL ).
- tag :<key> - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag with the key Owner and the value TeamA , specify tag:Owner for the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.
- tag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this filter to find all resources assigned a tag with a specific key, regardless of the tag value.
- (dict) --
  A filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as tags, attributes, or IDs.
  
  If you specify multiple filters, the filters are joined with an AND , and the request returns only results that match all of the specified filters.
  - Name (string) --
    The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.
  - Values (list) --
    The filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive. If you specify multiple values for a filter, the values are joined with an OR , and the request returns all results that match any of the specified values.
    - (string) --
FlowLogIds (list) --
One or more flow log IDs.

Constraint: Maximum of 1000 flow log IDs.
- (string) --
MaxResults (integer) -- The maximum number of items to return for this request. To get the next page of items, make another request with the token returned in the output. For more information, see Pagination.
NextToken (string) -- The token to request the next page of items. Pagination continues from the end of the items returned by the previous request.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'FlowLogs': [
        {
            'CreationTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'DeliverLogsErrorMessage': 'string',
            'DeliverLogsPermissionArn': 'string',
            'DeliverCrossAccountRole': 'string',
            'DeliverLogsStatus': 'string',
            'FlowLogId': 'string',
            'FlowLogStatus': 'string',
            'LogGroupName': 'string',
            'ResourceId': 'string',
            'TrafficType': 'ACCEPT'|'REJECT'|'ALL',
            'LogDestinationType': 'cloud-watch-logs'|'s3'|'kinesis-data-firehose',
            'LogDestination': 'string',
            'LogFormat': 'string',
            'Tags': [
                {
                    'Key': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string'
                },
            ],
            'MaxAggregationInterval': 123,
            'DestinationOptions': {
                'FileFormat': 'plain-text'|'parquet',
                'HiveCompatiblePartitions': True|False,
                'PerHourPartition': True|False
            }
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

(dict) --
- FlowLogs (list) --
  
  Information about the flow logs.
  - (dict) --
    
    Describes a flow log.
    - CreationTime (datetime) --
      
      The date and time the flow log was created.
    - DeliverLogsErrorMessage (string) --
      
      Information about the error that occurred. Rate limited indicates that CloudWatch Logs throttling has been applied for one or more network interfaces, or that you've reached the limit on the number of log groups that you can create. Access error indicates that the IAM role associated with the flow log does not have sufficient permissions to publish to CloudWatch Logs. Unknown error indicates an internal error.
    - DeliverLogsPermissionArn (string) --
      
      The ARN of the IAM role allows the service to publish logs to CloudWatch Logs.
    - DeliverCrossAccountRole (string) --
      
      The ARN of the IAM role that allows the service to publish flow logs across accounts.
    - DeliverLogsStatus (string) --
      
      The status of the logs delivery ( SUCCESS | FAILED ).
    - FlowLogId (string) --
      
      The ID of the flow log.
    - FlowLogStatus (string) --
      
      The status of the flow log ( ACTIVE ).
    - LogGroupName (string) --
      
      The name of the flow log group.
    - ResourceId (string) --
      
      The ID of the resource being monitored.
    - TrafficType (string) --
      
      The type of traffic captured for the flow log.
    - LogDestinationType (string) --
      
      The type of destination for the flow log data.
    - LogDestination (string) --
      
      The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the destination for the flow log data.
    - LogFormat (string) --
      
      The format of the flow log record.
    - Tags (list) --
      
      The tags for the flow log.
      - (dict) --
        
        Describes a tag.
        
        Key (string) --
        
        The key of the tag.
        
        Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .
        
        Value (string) --
        
        The value of the tag.
        
        Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.
    - MaxAggregationInterval (integer) --
      
      The maximum interval of time, in seconds, during which a flow of packets is captured and aggregated into a flow log record.
      
      When a network interface is attached to a Nitro-based instance, the aggregation interval is always 60 seconds (1 minute) or less, regardless of the specified value.
      
      Valid Values: 60 | 600
    - DestinationOptions (dict) --
      
      The destination options.
      - FileFormat (string) --
        
        The format for the flow log.
      - HiveCompatiblePartitions (boolean) --
        
        Indicates whether to use Hive-compatible prefixes for flow logs stored in Amazon S3.
      - PerHourPartition (boolean) --
        
        Indicates whether to partition the flow log per hour.
- NextToken (string) --
  
  The token to request the next page of items. This value is null when there are no more items to return.

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