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warning: DO NOT CHANGE THIS MANUALLY, THIS IS GENERATED BY https://github.com/duckdb/community-extensions repository, check README there
title: cloudwatch
excerpt: |
  DuckDB Community Extensions
  Read and write Amazon CloudWatch telemetry with OTLP-shaped SQL tables

extension:
  name: cloudwatch
  description: Read and write Amazon CloudWatch telemetry with OTLP-shaped SQL tables
  version: 0.1.0
  language: C++
  build: cmake
  license: MIT
  excluded_platforms: "wasm_mvp;wasm_eh;wasm_threads"
  requires_toolchains: "cmake, openssl"
  maintainers:
    - smithclay

repo:
  github: smithclay/duckdb-cloudwatch
  ref: d404b0169cd5e8abe13abcbaf6837745ecf31460

docs:
  hello_world: |
    INSTALL aws;
    LOAD aws;
    LOAD cloudwatch;

    CREATE SECRET (
        TYPE aws,
        PROVIDER credential_chain,
        REGION 'us-east-1'
    );

    SELECT time_unix_nano, service_name, severity_text, body
    FROM read_cloudwatch_logs(
        '/aws/lambda/orders-api',
        filter => 'ERROR',
        start_time => '-1h'
    );
  extended_description: |
    This extension reads Amazon CloudWatch Logs into the same flat OTLP log schema used by
    duckdb-otlp and the sibling observability extensions. It also writes OTLP-shaped rows to
    CloudWatch Logs, exposes CloudWatch alarms, reads AWS X-Ray service dependencies, and can attach
    an AWS account as a read-only catalog.

    Features:
    - AWS credentials through DuckDB's aws and s3 secrets
    - Streaming CloudWatch Logs pagination with retries and query cancellation
    - send_cloudwatch_logs batching for existing log groups and streams
    - Read-only logs, alerts, and service_map catalog schemas
    - CloudWatch metrics queries through read_cloudwatch_metrics

    Browser builds are excluded because SigV4 and the AWS credential providers require native
    OpenSSL and filesystem or metadata access. For complete usage and IAM requirements, visit the
    [extension repository](https://github.com/smithclay/duckdb-cloudwatch).

extension_star_count: 2
extension_star_count_pretty: 2
extension_download_count: 4120
extension_download_count_pretty: 4.1k
image: '/images/community_extensions/social_preview/preview_community_extension_cloudwatch.png'
layout: community_extension_doc
---
### Compatibility Matrix

This table covers all DuckDB releases that have not reached [end-of-life](https://duckdb.org/release_calendar), including LTS releases, and shows the 2 most recent patch releases of each. Older patch releases are not listed, but the extension may be available for them as well.

<div class="extension_compatibility_table"></div>

| Platform | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 2.0.0 |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Linux AMD64 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Linux ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| macOS AMD64 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| macOS ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Windows AMD64 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Windows ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| WebAssembly | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |

### Installing and Loading
```sql
INSTALL {{ page.extension.name }} FROM community;
LOAD {{ page.extension.name }};
```

{% if page.docs.hello_world %}
### Example
```sql
{{ page.docs.hello_world }}```
{% endif %}

{% if page.docs.extended_description %}
### About {{ page.extension.name }}
{{ page.docs.extended_description }}
{% endif %}
### Added Functions

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|            function_name             | function_type | description | comment | examples |
|--------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|---------|----------|
| read_cloudwatch_logs                 | table         | NULL        | NULL    |          |
| read_cloudwatch_metrics              | table         | NULL        | NULL    |          |
| read_cloudwatch_service_dependencies | table         | NULL        | NULL    |          |
| send_cloudwatch_logs                 | scalar        | NULL        | NULL    |          |

### Overloaded Functions

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This extension does not add any function overloads.

### Added Types

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This extension does not add any types.

### Added Settings

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This extension does not add any settings.