AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 790

What are the benefits of CloudTrail integration with CloudWatch Logs?

Answer options

• A. It delivers API activity captured by CloudTrail to an S3 bucket.
• B. It doesn't exist
• C. It delivers SDK activity captured by CloudTrail to a CloudWatch Logs log stream.
• D. It delivers API activity captured by CloudTrail to a CloudWatch Logs log stream.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Integrating CloudTrail with CloudWatch Logs allows you to send API activity events captured by CloudTrail to a CloudWatch Logs log stream for real-time monitoring and alerting. While CloudTrail natively publishes log files to an S3 bucket, the specific integration with CloudWatch Logs focuses on streaming these API events to CloudWatch. SDK activity is not tracked separately from API calls in this manner, and this integration is indeed a fully supported AWS feature.