API Gateway logging is not enabled

Checks if an API Gateway stage resource has either ERROR or INFO level logging enabled.

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Severity: INFO

Why do I see this?

One of your API stages doesn’t have ERROR and INFO log levels enabled.

What does this mean?

If your API endpoint suffers a failure or a slow response, logs can be used to pin down issues and understand the specifics or individual requests.

API Gateway logging is not enabled. How do I fix this?

The AWS documentation explains how to enable CloudWatch logging for HTTP- and REST APIs.


This rule resolution is part of the Dashbird Serverless Well Architected Reports tool for AWS. Dashbird features a collection of rules and checks continuously applied to your infrastructure, surfacing ways to improve it.

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