# AWS Kinesis/Cloudwatch

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-kinesis-cloudwatch/17942>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-kinesis-cloudwatch/17942 "2020-11-23T11:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![solutionlogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@solutionlogs](https://community.graylog.org/u/solutionlogs)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-kinesis-cloudwatch/17942/1 "2020-11-23T11:25:07Z")

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Hi,  
We have graylog running on AWS account A and want to ship cloudwatch logs from AWS account B. We have created a AWS access key in AWS account B. But It seems that we need to user a role as well. Should we create a new role in AWS account B and assume this role when creating the input stream.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-kinesis-cloudwatch/17942/2 "2020-12-07T11:25:10Z")

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