A company wants to archive all AWS Systems Manager Session Manager logs to an Amazon S3 bucket. Which solution provides the MOST operationally efficient way to meet this requirement?
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Correct answer: Enable S3 logging in the Systems Manager console and choose an S3 bucket to send the session data to..
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Enabling S3 logging directly within the Systems Manager console is the most operationally efficient solution because it's a native, one-step configuration. Systems Manager Session Manager has a built-in feature to send session logs directly to an S3 bucket, requiring minimal setup and ongoing management. Installing the CloudWatch agent and pushing logs to CloudWatch Logs, then exporting to S3, adds unnecessary complexity and cost. While CloudWatch Logs can export to S3, it's a multi-step process that isn't as direct as the native Session Manager integration. Creating a Systems Manager document to upload logs daily is also overly complex and inefficient for continuous session logging; it would require managing the document and scheduling, rather than leveraging a continuous, built-in logging feature. Using CloudWatch Logs with Kinesis Data Firehose to S3 is a valid pattern for real-time log processing but introduces more services and complexity than needed for simple archival of Session Manager logs.
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