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# Access Logs

* Server access logging **provides detailed records for the requests that are made to a bucket**.<br>

* Server access logs are **useful for many applications**.

  * For example, access log information can be **useful in security and access audits**.
  * It can also **help you learn about your customer base and understand your S3 bill**.

* To **enable logging:**
  1. **Turn on logging on the Amazon S3 bucket that you want to monitor**, this is called the **source bucket**.<br>
  2. Grant the Amazon S3 Log Delivery group write permission on the **bucket where you want the access logs saved**, this is called the **target bucket**.