CloudWatch log group retention period is not set Affecting CloudWatch service in AWS


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    General / Logging

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Description

Logs will be kept indefinitely and incur AWS costs.

How to fix?

Set retention_in_days attribute to required value, e.g. set 365.