All courses
Resource hub
Featured resource
Tech Upskilling Playbook 2025
Tech Upskilling Playbook

Build future-ready tech teams and hit key business milestones with seven proven plays from industry leaders.

Learn more
Hamburger Icon
  • Labs icon Lab
  • Cloud
Google Cloud Platform icon
Labs

Using Regular Expressions to Search CloudWatch Logs

Regular expressions are all over the cloud! We can even search our CloudWatch logs through the use of CloudWatch Logs Insights, which is a powerful way of querying our log data to discover trends. In this hands-on lab, we'll use CloudWatch Logs Insights with basic regular expressions to discover server and client errors that keep hitting our website by searching through our HTTP log group.

Get started Contact sales
Google Cloud Platform icon
Labs

Path Info

Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 15m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 05, 2025

Contact sales

By filling out this form and clicking submit, you acknowledge our privacy policy.

Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Filter All Errors

    Using CloudWatch Insights, capture all error codes.

  2. Challenge

    Filter Server Errors

    Update your query so only server-based errors appear (500-level errors).

  3. Challenge

    Filter Client Errors

    Update your query so only client-based errors appear (400-level errors).

Pluralsight Skills - Labs - Pluralsight
Author
Pluralsight Skills

Pluralsight Skills gives leaders confidence they have the skills needed to execute technology strategy. Technology teams can benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products. By leveraging our expert content, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics, keep up with the pace of change, put the right people on the right projects and boost productivity. It's the most effective path to developing tech skills at scale.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.
Ready to get started?
View individual plans View team plans