CloudTrail / Client / create_channel

create_channel#

CloudTrail.Client.create_channel(**kwargs)#

Creates a channel for CloudTrail to ingest events from a partner or external source. After you create a channel, a CloudTrail Lake event data store can log events from the partner or source that you specify.

Request Syntax

response = client.create_channel(
    Name='string',
    Source='string',
    Destinations=[
        {
            'Type': 'EVENT_DATA_STORE'|'AWS_SERVICE',
            'Location': 'string'
        },
    ],
    Tags=[
        {
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string'
        },
    ]
)

Parameters:

Name (string) –
[REQUIRED]

The name of the channel.
Source (string) –
[REQUIRED]

The name of the partner or external event source. You cannot change this name after you create the channel. A maximum of one channel is allowed per source.

A source can be either Custom for all valid non-Amazon Web Services events, or the name of a partner event source. For information about the source names for available partners, see Additional information about integration partners in the CloudTrail User Guide.
Destinations (list) –
[REQUIRED]

One or more event data stores to which events arriving through a channel will be logged.
- (dict) –
  
  Contains information about the destination receiving events.
  - Type (string) – [REQUIRED]
    
    The type of destination for events arriving from a channel. For channels used for a CloudTrail Lake integration, the value is EVENT_DATA_STORE. For service-linked channels, the value is AWS_SERVICE.
  - Location (string) – [REQUIRED]
    
    For channels used for a CloudTrail Lake integration, the location is the ARN of an event data store that receives events from a channel. For service-linked channels, the location is the name of the Amazon Web Services service.
Tags (list) –
A list of tags.
- (dict) –
  
  A custom key-value pair associated with a resource such as a CloudTrail trail, event data store, or channel.
  - Key (string) – [REQUIRED]
    
    The key in a key-value pair. The key must be must be no longer than 128 Unicode characters. The key must be unique for the resource to which it applies.
  - Value (string) –
    
    The value in a key-value pair of a tag. The value must be no longer than 256 Unicode characters.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'ChannelArn': 'string',
    'Name': 'string',
    'Source': 'string',
    'Destinations': [
        {
            'Type': 'EVENT_DATA_STORE'|'AWS_SERVICE',
            'Location': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'Tags': [
        {
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

(dict) –
- ChannelArn (string) –
  
  The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the new channel.
- Name (string) –
  
  The name of the new channel.
- Source (string) –
  
  The partner or external event source name.
- Destinations (list) –
  
  The event data stores that log the events arriving through the channel.
  - (dict) –
    
    Contains information about the destination receiving events.
    - Type (string) –
      
      The type of destination for events arriving from a channel. For channels used for a CloudTrail Lake integration, the value is EVENT_DATA_STORE. For service-linked channels, the value is AWS_SERVICE.
    - Location (string) –
      
      For channels used for a CloudTrail Lake integration, the location is the ARN of an event data store that receives events from a channel. For service-linked channels, the location is the name of the Amazon Web Services service.
- Tags (list) –
  
  A list of tags.
  - (dict) –
    
    A custom key-value pair associated with a resource such as a CloudTrail trail, event data store, or channel.
    - Key (string) –
      
      The key in a key-value pair. The key must be must be no longer than 128 Unicode characters. The key must be unique for the resource to which it applies.
    - Value (string) –
      
      The value in a key-value pair of a tag. The value must be no longer than 256 Unicode characters.

Exceptions

CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.ChannelMaxLimitExceededException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.InvalidSourceException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.ChannelAlreadyExistsException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.EventDataStoreARNInvalidException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.EventDataStoreNotFoundException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.InvalidEventDataStoreCategoryException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.InactiveEventDataStoreException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.InvalidTagParameterException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.TagsLimitExceededException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.OperationNotPermittedException
CloudTrail.Client.exceptions.UnsupportedOperationException