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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2026-06-19 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/parser-processors.md

Summary

Added Amazon RDS processor for structured log parsing and updated conditional processing note

Security assessment

Enables parsing of security-relevant RDS logs (audit/authentication) but doesn't fix vulnerabilities. Improves ability to analyze security logs through structured processing.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/parser-processors.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/parser-processors.md
index d68f406a8..3f0976604 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/parser-processors.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/parser-processors.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-OCSF processorCSV processorGrok processorVPC processorJSON processorRoute 53 processorKey-value processor
+OCSF processorCSV processorGrok processorVPC processorJSON processorRoute 53 processorAmazon RDS processorKey-value processor
@@ -15 +15 @@ Parser processors convert raw or semi-structured log data into structured format
-Parser processors (except Grok) do not support conditional processing with the `when` parameter. This includes OCSF, CSV, JSON, KeyValue, VPC, Route53, WAF, Postgres, and CloudFront parsers. For more information, see [Expression syntax for conditional processing](./conditional-processing.html).
+Parser processors (except Grok) do not support conditional processing with the `when` parameter. This includes OCSF, CSV, JSON, KeyValue, VPC, Route53, RDS, WAF, Postgres, and CloudFront parsers. For more information, see [Expression syntax for conditional processing](./conditional-processing.html).
@@ -208,0 +209,12 @@ Configure the Route 53 processor with the following parameters:
+## Amazon RDS processor
+
+Parses Amazon RDS Aurora log data into structured fields. The `parse_rds` processor is supported only when the pipeline's `data_source_name` is `amazon_rds`. It applies the parsing logic that matches the pipeline's `data_source_type`.
+
+###### Configuration
+
+Configure the Amazon RDS processor with the following parameters:
+    
+    
+    processor:
+      - parse_rds: {}
+