Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>

Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User**

**Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\
For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice

Type **VPC** in the search bar and click on **VPC** to view the **VPC** Dashboard

**What is VPC in AWS?**

A VPC, or Virtual Private Cloud, is a virtual network environment within a cloud platform like AWS. It allows users to define and control a logically isolated section of the cloud where they can deploy resources such as virtual machines and databases, with control over IP addressing, subnets, routing, and security settings.

On the VPC dashboard click on **Your VPCs** from the left bar

Refer to this guide to learn how to create a VPC\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/VPC_and_Subnet_Demo__Create_EC2_instances_in_Custom_VPC_Subnets__Fkh3zsWIRKOzjWtU-2mtDA>

**Your VPCs** wizard will open, select - **my-custom-vpc**

Scroll the page and click on the **Flow logs** tab

Click on the **Create flow lag** button on the right side

**What are VPC Flow Logs?**

VPC Flow Logs is a feature provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables you to capture information about the IP traffic going to and from network interfaces in your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

**Create flow log** wizard will open, you can view the **Selected resources** 

Scroll to the **Flow log settings** section, give a name for the Flow log and select the type of **Filter** and **Maximum aggregation interval**

Scroll to the **Destination** section, select the type of Destination and select the **Destination log group** and **IAM role**

Scroll to the **Log record format** section and select the format

Scroll the page and click on the **Create flow log** button

Congratulations on completing the lab! You successfully explored and created VPC Flow Logs. Great job!

Amazon Web Services

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to get started with VPC Flow Logs.

Getting Started with VPC Flow Logs