In older version of AWS Cloudwatch agent, there was a parameter for initial_position. But I am not able to find it in the new Cloudwatch agent. Older version of CloudWatch
initial_position = start_of_file
But I am not able to find the same anywhere in the new documentation. Please help in pointing to the parameter for this.
collect_list :[{
"file_path": "/var/log/nginx/access.log",
"log_group_name": "GroupName",
"log_stream_name": "nginxAccessLogStream",
"timezone": "UTC"
}]
Edit: Found Logs Input Plugin. Field: from_beginning
https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/tree/f870550f94a822f3eceaea0ecb2efdeabe961e5c/plugins/inputs/logfile
But adding it is not running the plugin.