Logs with Firehose: cost-effective AWS log streaming to Grafana Cloud

AWS users can now stream their logs to Grafana Cloud more cost-effectively with the newly launched "Logs with Firehose," which leverages Amazon Data Firehose for real-time log streaming. This approach is simpler and cheaper compared to the traditional "Logs with Lambda" method, as it avoids the high costs associated with per-invocation charges by billing based on data volume. The Firehose solution is designed to facilitate the connection of Amazon CloudWatch logs to Grafana Cloud without the need for agents or local configurations, offering a seamless integration with AWS services such as VPC Flow Logs and AWS CloudTrail. Users can also back up logs to Amazon S3, enhancing data reliability. Although Firehose is not suitable for all scenarios, such as load-balancer access logs, it provides a more economical solution for streaming high volumes of log data. Grafana Cloud, combined with the AWS Observability app, offers a comprehensive view of AWS environments, enabling users to monitor their infrastructure and application telemetry efficiently.

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