AWS CloudWatch agent configuration

Question

Looking through the AWS CloudWatch Agent repo on github, I've noticed two configuration options under the file section:   
  
 ## Regular expression for log files to ignore  
 blacklist = "journal|syslog"  
 ## Publish all log files that match file_path  
 publish_multi_logs = true  
  
I would like to use those, but I'm concerned that these might be removed later on. Anyone out there using/knowing more about these?  
  
Thanks  
  
Link to the github repo:  
https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/blob/39d84b8e3f5215a3e6d880b54a88e63a692ecd64/plugins/inputs/logfile/README.md  
  
Link to the documentation:  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Configuration-File-Details.html

Accepted Answer

The Link to the github repo:  
https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/blob/39d84b8e3f5215a3e6d880b54a88e63a692ecd64/plugins/inputs/logfile/README.md  
  
Is considered an open source for features you can use for the Cloudwatch Agent, as I have tested in my environment you should be able to exclude files using blacklist = "journal|syslog" and put logs from each log file in a separate log stream using  publish_multi_logs = true.  
  
As far as my knowledge this should not be disabled or removed, if you face any issues in the future regarding this feature reach AWS support.

AWS CloudWatch agent configuration

Regular expression for log files to ignore

Publish all log files that match file_path

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