| {"title": "AWS CloudTrail setup for Workbench", "url": "https://support.expel.io/hc/en-us/articles/12116548434067-AWS-CloudTrail-setup-for-Workbench", "date": "2022-12-13T18:50:35Z", "contents": "This article contains links to all the ways you can connect your new or\nexisting AWS CloudTrail to the Expel Workbench.\n\n#### In this article\n\n * Onboarding a new CloudTrail\n\n * Onboarding an existing AWS CloudTrail\n\n## Onboarding a new CloudTrail\n\nYou can onboard new CloudTrails in 1 of 2 ways:\n\n * Use our AWS onboarding wizard.\n\n\n\n * Connect manually.\n\nIf you want Expel to create new CloudTrails on your behalf, use our AWS\nOnboarding Wizard in Workbench.\n\n### Note\n\nCreating duplicate CloudTrails can result in additional AWS costs. Do not use\nthe wizard if you want to connect an existing CloudTrail.\n\nOur wizard supports creating new CloudTrails using:\n\n * CloudFormation Templates: You can use AWS CloudFormation templates to perform the necessary configuration for an individual account or organization. If you’re onboarding an AWS organization, it creates a CloudFormation StackSet to configure the permissions on each account within the organization. It can even automatically run on accounts you create in the future under the organization. Don’t worry, we won’t run anything in your AWS account. We instead populate CloudFormation with the right steps; you review it and decide to execute.\n\n * Terraform: We present an open source, fully transparent Terraform module which creates necessary AWS resources used to securely transfer CloudTrail logs to Workbench. All of the resources that we allocate are listed here: https://registry.terraform.io/modules/expel-io/cloudtrail/aws/latest?tab=resources. By default, all methods of communication between these resources and AWS and Workbench are secured by encryption. All means of data storage (S3) follow AWS best practices—access logging enabled, bucket versioning enabled, zero public access.\n\nIf you're...\n\n|\n\nuse this... \n \n---|--- \n \nusing the wizard, setting up new AWS CloudTrails\n\n|\n\ngo to the wizard \n \nusing the wizard, setting up new AWS CloudTrails with Terraform\n\n|\n\ngo to the wizard and select Terraform \n \n## Onboarding an existing AWS CloudTrail\n\nTo onboard an existing CloudTrail, the instructions vary depending upon your\nuse of AWS Control Tower:\n\nIf you're...\n\n|\n\nuse this... \n \n---|--- \n \nmanually setting up new AWS CloudTrails\n\n|\n\nthe new AWS CloudTrail steps \n \nconnecting an existing CloudTrail\n\n|\n\nthe existing installation steps \n \nconnecting an existing CloudTrail that includes Control Tower\n\n|\n\nthe Control Tower connection steps \n \nOur Product team is developing a process for onboarding an existing CloudTrail\nusing the AWS wizard. We will update this article when the procedure is ready.\n\n### Tip\n\nThis article was accurate at the time of writing, but changes happen. If you\nfind the instructions are outdated, leave a description in the comment field\nbelow and let us know!\n\n"} |