Investigate network interface using Logs insights

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I have enabled flow-log for the network interface. I can see logs for a given network interface in S3, but it is difficult to collect all logs so I query them in logs insights using the query

fields @timestamp, interface-id, srcaddr, dstaddr, srcport, dstport, protocol
| filter interface-id = 'eni-123x123'

But I am getting null output. Why? Am I writing wrong query? Note - I have also correctly adjusted the time-frame

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Hello.

If you look at the document below, the query is performed using "interfaceId" instead of "interface-id".
Will it work if I change "interface-id" to "interfaceId"?
https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/vpc-flow-logs-and-cloudwatch-logs-insights

fields @timestamp, @message
 | stats count(*) as records by dstPort, srcAddr, dstAddr as Destination
 | filter interfaceId="eni-05012345abcd"
 | filter dstPort="80" or dstPort="443" or dstPort="22" or dstPort="25"
 | sort HitCount desc
 | limit 10

Just to be sure, are the logs of the target ENI output to CloudWatch Logs?

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answered 5 months ago
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From the top of my head I suggest the following:

  • To see if something is wrong with your filter statement: comment it out or invert it and then try the query again. If you get results now, there's an issue with your filter statement.

    • comment out like for example:

      fields @timestamp, interface-id, srcaddr, dstaddr, srcport, dstport, protocol
      # | filter interface-id = 'eni-123x123'
      
    • or invert like for example:

      fields @timestamp, interface-id, srcaddr, dstaddr, srcport, dstport, protocol
      | filter interface-id != 'eni-123x123'
      
  • With Logs Insights I often forget that the ingestion of logs can take a few minutes. So if your time-frame is very close to "now" some data might be yet missing (compare field @timestamp with field @ingestionTime).

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answered 5 months ago

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