# Cloud.auth setup error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloud-auth-setup-error/213502>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [January 1, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloud-auth-setup-error/213502 "2020-01-01T21:41:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mxixm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mxixm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mxixm)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloud-auth-setup-error/213502/1 "2020-01-01T21:41:57Z")

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Good afternoon all,

I am trying to configure my logs to go to elastic cloud via winlogbeat. When I run the " **.\winlogbeat.exe setup**" command, I get the following error:

" **Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 105: could not find expected ':'**"

Line 105 on my file is the cloud.auth line. Tried editing the yaml file with these syntax entries:

"**cloud.auth:  
"user:password"**"

**AND**

" **cloud.auth: "user:password"**"

Command doesn't work with either entry. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloud-auth-setup-error/213502/3 "2020-01-02T10:40:36Z")

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Could you please share your whole configuration file formatted using `</>`?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloud-auth-setup-error/213502/4 "2020-01-30T10:40:40Z")

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