--- title: Simple Cross-Account Logging on AWS | daily.dev description: AWS CloudWatch now supports simplified cross-account log centralization through organizational rules. Set up a delegated administrator in your logging account,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/simple-cross-account-logging-on-aws-zdyhggbed twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Simple Cross-Account Logging on AWS | daily.dev og:description: AWS CloudWatch now supports simplified cross-account log centralization through organizational rules. Set up a delegated administrator in your logging account,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/simple-cross-account-logging-on-aws-zdyhggbed og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zdYhgGBeD.png og:image:alt: Simple Cross-Account Logging on AWS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Simple Cross-Account Logging on AWS **[AWS Fundamentals](https://daily.dev/sources/awsfundamentals)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS CloudWatch now supports simplified cross-account log centralization through organizational rules. Set up a delegated administrator in your logging account, create rules based on account IDs, organizational units, or entire organizations, and automatically copy logs across accounts and regions. Logs include @aws.account and @aws.region fields for filtering in Logs Insights. The first copy is free, with subsequent copies costing $0.05/GB. Note that log group settings like retention policies are not preserved and must be reapplied separately. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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