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ActionTrail:StartLogging

Last Updated:Oct 22, 2025

You can call this operation to enable logging for a trail.

Debugging

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Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredExampleDescription
ActionStringYesStartLogging

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to StartLogging.

NameStringNotrail-test

The name of the trail for which you want to enable logging.

The name must be 6 to 36 characters in length. The name must start with a lowercase letter and can contain lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

Note The name must be unique under the account.

Response parameters

ParameterTypeExampleDescription
RequestIdString145318BE-DEE1-4C57-AA7C-5BE7D34A6AE0

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://[Endpoint]/? Action=StartLogging
&Name=trail-test
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

JSON format

{
    "RequestId":"1C488B66-B819-4D14-8711-C4EAAA13AC01"
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
404TrailNotFoundExceptionThe specified Trail does not exist.The error message returned because the specified trail does not exist.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.