With AWS CloudTrail, you can keep a record of when activity occurs in your AWS account. That activity is recorded in a CloudTrail event.
AWS CloudTrail Getting Started

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1 hour to complete
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Describe how CloudTrail works and recognize the benefits of CloudTrail.
Familiarize yourself with the technical concepts of CloudTrail.
Specify what it would take to implement CloudTrail in a real-world scenario.
Explore how to use CloudTrail on the AWS Console and use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
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Reviewed on Dec 21, 2025
A nice base level explanation of what CloudTrail is and what it does. Nice extra in that it links in with querying CloudTrail from the AWS CLI.
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