Application Load Balancers should have Access logging enabled

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Description

Enable Access Logging for your Amazon Application Load Balancers (ALBs).

Rationale

Logs contain the time a request was received, a client’s IP address, latencies, request paths, and server responses. You can use this information to analyze traffic patterns and troubleshoot issues.

Remediation

From the console

Follow the AWS Enable access logging documentation to enable access logging using the console.

From the command line

Follow the AWS Enable access logging documentation to enable access logging using the AWS CLI.