Design pattern for a log server setup to accompany a service deployed to the cloud. Uses http://terraform.io
Create a terraform.tfvars file in the root of the repo with needed variables of the form:
aws_access_key = "my key"
aws_secret_key = "my secret"
aws_region = "us-east-1"
aws_vpc = "vpc-12345678"
aws_az1 = "us-east-1a"
aws_az2 = "us-east-1c"
key_path = "path/to/key"
key_name = "my key name"
and change to reflect your specifics.
Then deploy with
terraform plan
terraform apply