aws logs installation on ec2

aws_logs_installation_on_ec2.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash


# install awscli
python2 -m pip install awscli

# create aws sym link if any issue
ln -s /usr/local/bin/aws /var/awslogs/bin/aws

# install awscli-cwlogs
python2 -m pip install awscli-cwlogs

# then run aws configure to setup aws credential
aws configure

# download cloud watch log agent
wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cloudwatch/downloads/latest/awslogs-agent-setup.py

# create conf file
touch awslogs-agent-config.conf

# sample content of awslogs-agent-config.conf file 
: << 'END_COMMENT'
[general]
state_file = /var/awslogs/state/agent-state
[/var/log/syslog]
file = /var/log/nginx/access.log
log_group_name = $your_host_name_nginx_server
log_stream_name = $your_host_name_nginx_access_logs
datetime_format = %b %d %H:%M:%S
END_COMMENT

# setup
python2 ./awslogs-agent-setup.py --region ap-southeast-1 -n -c awslogs-agent-config.conf