Introduction
Cloudgrep is a command-line tool that allows you to search cloud storage for log files. It currently supports searching log files, optionally compressed with gzip (.gz) or zip (.zip), in AWS S3, Azure Storage, or Google Cloud Storage. The tool is written in Python and is available on GitHub under the Apache License.
Features
Directly searching cloud storage, without indexing logs into a SIEM or Log Analysis tool, can be faster and cheaper.
It searches files in parallel for speed.
It supports searching log files compressed with gzip (.gz) or zip (.zip).
It currently supports AWS S3, Azure Storage, and Google Cloud Storage.
How to use
Here’s how you can use cloudgrep:
Clone the repository from GitHub.
Install the required dependencies by running pip install -r requirements.txt.
Run python3 cloudgrep.py followed by the appropriate command-line arguments.
Here’s an example of how to use cloudgrep to search for a specific string in an AWS S3 bucket:
python3 cloudgrep.py --bucket my-bucket --query my-search-string
Conclusion
cloudgrep is a useful tool for searching cloud storage for log files. It’s fast, efficient, and easy to use. If you’re looking for a way to search your cloud storage without indexing logs into a SIEM or Log Analysis tool, then cloudgrep is definitely worth checking out.
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