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# CloudFront logging disabled

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**Id:** `94690d79-b3b0-43de-b656-84ebef5753e5`

**Cloud Provider:** AWS

**Platform:** Terraform

**Severity:** Medium

**Category:** Observability

#### Learn More{% #learn-more %}

- [Provider Reference](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cloudfront_distribution)

### Description{% #description %}

Enabling logging for AWS CloudFront distributions is critical to ensure that all viewer requests are captured for security monitoring, troubleshooting, and compliance. Logging is enabled in Terraform by including the `logging_config` attribute within the `aws_cloudfront_distribution` resource, as shown below:

```
resource "aws_cloudfront_distribution" "logging_enabled" {
  // ... other configuration ...
  logging_config {
    include_cookies = false
    bucket          = "mylogs.s3.amazonaws.com"
    prefix          = "myprefix"
  }
}
```

Without logging enabled, malicious or unauthorized access patterns can go undetected, leaving the distribution vulnerable to abuse and limiting forensic analysis capabilities in the event of an incident.

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```terraform
resource "aws_cloudfront_distribution" "negative1" {
  origin {
    domain_name = aws_s3_bucket.b.bucket_regional_domain_name
    origin_id   = local.s3_origin_id

    s3_origin_config {
      origin_access_identity = "origin-access-identity/cloudfront/ABCDEFG1234567"
    }
  }

  enabled             = true
  is_ipv6_enabled     = true
  comment             = "Some comment"
  default_root_object = "index.html"

  logging_config {
    include_cookies = false
    bucket          = "mylogs.s3.amazonaws.com"
    prefix          = "myprefix"
  }
  
}
```

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```terraform
resource "aws_cloudfront_distribution" "positive1" {
  origin {
    domain_name = aws_s3_bucket.b.bucket_regional_domain_name
    origin_id   = local.s3_origin_id

    s3_origin_config {
      origin_access_identity = "origin-access-identity/cloudfront/ABCDEFG1234567"
    }
  }

  enabled             = true
  is_ipv6_enabled     = true
  comment             = "Some comment"
  default_root_object = "index.html"

  }
  
```