# Automatically configured logs
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We configure your instance to write the following logs.
+ Windows:
  + AmazonSSMAgentLog
  + AmazonCloudWatchAgentLog
  + AmazonSSMErrorLog
  + AmazonCloudFormationLog
  + ApplicationEventLog
  + EC2ConfigServiceEventLog
  + MicrosoftWindowsAppLockerEXEAndDLLEventLog
  + MicrosoftWindowsAppLockerMSIAndScriptEventLog
  + MicrosoftWindowsGroupPolicyOperationalEventLog
  + SecurityEventLog
  + SystemEventLog
+ Linux:
  + /var/log/amazon/ssm/amazon-ssm-agent.log
  + /var/log/amazon/ssm/errors.log
  + /var/log/audit/audit.log
  + /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
  + /var/log/cloud-init.log
  + /var/log/cron
  + /var/log/dpkg.log
  + /var/log/maillog
  + /var/log/messages
  + /var/log/secure
  + /var/log/spooler
  + /var/log/syslog
  + /var/log/yum.log
  + /var/log/zypper.log