Amazon CloudTrail · Schema

Amazon CloudTrail Event

Represents a CloudTrail event record containing information about an API call or account activity.

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Properties

Name Type Description
eventVersion string The version of the event log format.
userIdentity object Information about the user that made the request.
eventTime string The date and time the request was made.
eventSource string The service that the request was made to.
eventName string The requested action (API operation name).
awsRegion string The AWS Region that the request was made to.
sourceIPAddress string The IP address that the request was made from.
userAgent string The agent through which the request was made.
errorCode string The AWS service error if the request returned an error.
errorMessage string The error message if the request returned an error.
requestParameters object The parameters sent with the request.
responseElements object The response element for actions that make changes.
eventID string A GUID generated by CloudTrail to uniquely identify each event.
eventType string Identifies the type of event that generated the event record.
readOnly boolean Whether the event is a read-only event.
managementEvent boolean Whether the event is a management event.
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JSON Schema

amazon-cloudtrail-event-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.com/schemas/amazon/cloudtrail/event.json",
  "title": "Amazon CloudTrail Event",
  "description": "Represents a CloudTrail event record containing information about an API call or account activity.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["eventVersion", "eventSource", "eventName"],
  "properties": {
    "eventVersion": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The version of the event log format."
    },
    "userIdentity": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Information about the user that made the request.",
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The type of the identity.",
          "enum": ["Root", "IAMUser", "AssumedRole", "FederatedUser", "AWSService", "AWSAccount"]
        },
        "principalId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "A unique identifier for the entity that made the call."
        },
        "arn": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The ARN of the principal that made the call."
        },
        "accountId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The account that owns the entity that made the call."
        },
        "userName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The friendly name of the identity."
        }
      }
    },
    "eventTime": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "The date and time the request was made."
    },
    "eventSource": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The service that the request was made to."
    },
    "eventName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The requested action (API operation name)."
    },
    "awsRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The AWS Region that the request was made to."
    },
    "sourceIPAddress": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The IP address that the request was made from."
    },
    "userAgent": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The agent through which the request was made."
    },
    "errorCode": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The AWS service error if the request returned an error."
    },
    "errorMessage": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The error message if the request returned an error."
    },
    "requestParameters": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The parameters sent with the request.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "responseElements": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The response element for actions that make changes.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "eventID": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A GUID generated by CloudTrail to uniquely identify each event."
    },
    "eventType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Identifies the type of event that generated the event record.",
      "enum": ["AwsApiCall", "AwsServiceEvent", "AwsConsoleAction", "AwsConsoleSignIn"]
    },
    "readOnly": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the event is a read-only event."
    },
    "managementEvent": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the event is a management event."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

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