diff --git a/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/generated_component_test.go b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/generated_component_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0c6cc3b8ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/generated_component_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package awscloudwatchlogsexporter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/testdata"
+)
+
+// assertNoErrorHost implements a component.Host that asserts that there were no errors.
+type assertNoErrorHost struct {
+	component.Host
+	*testing.T
+}
+
+var _ component.Host = (*assertNoErrorHost)(nil)
+
+// newAssertNoErrorHost returns a new instance of assertNoErrorHost.
+func newAssertNoErrorHost(t *testing.T) component.Host {
+	return &assertNoErrorHost{
+		componenttest.NewNopHost(),
+		t,
+	}
+}
+
+func (aneh *assertNoErrorHost) ReportFatalError(err error) {
+	assert.NoError(aneh, err)
+}
+
+func TestComponentLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	factory := NewFactory()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		createFn func(ctx context.Context, set exporter.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error)
+	}{
+
+		{
+			name: "logs",
+			createFn: func(ctx context.Context, set exporter.CreateSettings, cfg component.Config) (component.Component, error) {
+				return factory.CreateLogsExporter(ctx, set, cfg)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	cm, err := confmaptest.LoadConf("metadata.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	cfg := factory.CreateDefaultConfig()
+	sub, err := cm.Sub("tests::config")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, component.UnmarshalConfig(sub, cfg))
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name+"-shutdown", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c, err := test.createFn(context.Background(), exportertest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = c.Shutdown(context.Background())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		})
+
+		t.Run(test.name+"-lifecycle", func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			c, err := test.createFn(context.Background(), exportertest.NewNopCreateSettings(), cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			host := newAssertNoErrorHost(t)
+			err = c.Start(context.Background(), host)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
+				switch e := c.(type) {
+				case exporter.Logs:
+					logs := testdata.GenerateLogsManyLogRecordsSameResource(2)
+					if !e.Capabilities().MutatesData {
+						logs.MarkReadOnly()
+					}
+					err = e.ConsumeLogs(context.Background(), logs)
+				case exporter.Metrics:
+					metrics := testdata.GenerateMetricsTwoMetrics()
+					if !e.Capabilities().MutatesData {
+						metrics.MarkReadOnly()
+					}
+					err = e.ConsumeMetrics(context.Background(), metrics)
+				case exporter.Traces:
+					traces := testdata.GenerateTracesTwoSpansSameResource()
+					if !e.Capabilities().MutatesData {
+						traces.MarkReadOnly()
+					}
+					err = e.ConsumeTraces(context.Background(), traces)
+				}
+			})
+
+			err = c.Shutdown(context.Background())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/go.mod b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/go.mod
index fa37d7a53284..0f1b30ef9978 100644
--- a/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/awsutil v0.92.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/cwlogs v0.92.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.92.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.92.1-0.20240112172857-83d463ceba06
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v0.92.1-0.20240112172857-83d463ceba06
@@ -76,8 +77,16 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/a
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/cwlogs => ../../internal/aws/cwlogs
 
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal => ../../internal/coreinternal
+
 retract (
 	v0.76.2
 	v0.76.1
 	v0.65.0
 )
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/golden => ../../pkg/golden
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatautil => ../../pkg/pdatautil
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest => ../../pkg/pdatatest
diff --git a/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/metadata.yaml b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/metadata.yaml
index edf50e3d1ea8..3d775647406a 100644
--- a/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/metadata.yaml
+++ b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/metadata.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,13 @@ status:
   distributions: [contrib, observiq, liatrio]
   codeowners:
     active: [boostchicken, bryan-aguilar, rapphil]
+
+tests:
+  config:
+    endpoint: http://localhost:0
+    region: local
+    sending_queue:
+      enabled: false
+    retry_on_failure:
+      enabled: false
+  expect_consumer_error: true