CV0-004 Centralized logging Practice Question
A cloud administrator needs to centralize logs from multiple cloud provider accounts and on-premises servers for security analysis. Which approach should be used?
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Why each option matters
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Configure each account's API activity logging to deliver logs to a central storage bucket, and use a log collection agent on on-premises servers to send logs to a central log service
Centralized logging can be achieved by sending logs from multiple sources to a central storage and using a central log service for querying. API activity logging captures API calls from cloud provider accounts, and on-premises logs can be sent via a log collection agent to a central log service.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Create a serverless function that copies logs from each account to a central storage bucket in a management account
Why it's wrong here
While possible, this is less efficient than native CloudTrail delivery and agent-based logging.
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Enable virtual network flow logs in each account and store them locally
Why it's wrong here
VPC Flow Logs are for network traffic, not all logs; storing locally does not centralize.
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Use configuration compliance rules to aggregate logs into a single account
Why it's wrong here
AWS Config is for resource configuration, not log aggregation.
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Configure each account's API activity logging to deliver logs to a central storage bucket, and use a log collection agent on on-premises servers to send logs to a central log service
Why this is correct
This centralizes logs from multiple sources in one place.
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