# Cloudwatch input plugin configuration details for fetching AWS/ECS metrics

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-input-plugin-configuration-details-for-fetching-aws-ecs-metrics/349321>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-input-plugin-configuration-details-for-fetching-aws-ecs-metrics/349321 "2023-12-14T05:39:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![mittal\_rawal1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mittal_rawal1/32/125800_2.png) [@mittal\_rawal1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mittal_rawal1)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-input-plugin-configuration-details-for-fetching-aws-ecs-metrics/349321/1 "2023-12-14T05:39:30Z")

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input {  
cloudwatch {  
namespace =\> "AWS/ECS"  
period =\> 6000  
interval =\> 6000000  
metrics =\> ["Average", "Minimum", "Maximum", "Sum", "Sample Count","CPUUtilization"]  
filters =\> {  
"ClusterName" =\> "microservices"  
"ServiceName" =\> "logging-mongo"  
}  
region =\> "us-east-1"  
add\_field =\> {  
"account"=\>"#######"  
"region" =\> "####"  
}  
access\_key\_id =\> "######"  
secret\_access\_key =\> "#####"  
session\_token =\> "#########"  
}  
}  
output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["http://######.99:9200/"]  
manage\_template =\>false  
index =\> "########-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
}  
stdout{}  
}

i am not getting any output nor any error from logstash.  
there is no permission issue hence i am able to get it with aws cli and also from sdk but not from cloudwatch input plugin in logstash.

this is the log output in console in logstash  
**[2023-12-14T05:11:04,628][INFO][logstash.inputs.cloudwatch][main][67aa1d6d6bba33ceb79af57c0037bfbbfbca6b8bef2045b5e2090e3c96b5ea33] [Aws::CloudWatch::Client 200 0.103758 0 retries] get\_metric\_statistics(namespace:"AWS/ECS",metric\_name:"CPUUtilization",start\_time:2023-10-05 18:31:04 UTC,end\_time:2023-12-14 05:11:04 UTC,period:6000,statistics:["SampleCount","Average","Minimum","Maximum","Sum"],dimensions:[{name:"ClusterName",value:"[FILTERED]"}])**

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**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-input-plugin-configuration-details-for-fetching-aws-ecs-metrics/349321/2 "2024-01-11T05:40:24Z")

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