CloudWatch Logs Now Ingests ALB Logs Like a Boss
AWS just dropped native Application Load Balancer log support in CloudWatch Logs, and it's a game-changer for debugging network traffic. You can now query ALB access, connection, and health check logs directly with CloudWatch Logs Insights, set up automatic telemetry rules for consistent monitoring across your org, and even stream logs to Data Firehose or S3 in Parquet format. Real-time traffic analysis via Live Tail plus metric filters for alerting? Chef's kiss. Configure it through the AWS Console, CLI, or SDKs—available everywhere CloudWatch runs.