# Cloudwatch logs input configuration help needed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-logs-input-configuration-help-needed/80359>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 28, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-logs-input-configuration-help-needed/80359 "2017-03-28T19:45:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tarp/32/51884_2.png) [@tarp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarp)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-logs-input-configuration-help-needed/80359/1 "2017-03-28T19:45:01Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to configure the cloudwatch input plugin to pull in custom cloudwatch logs. Below is my config.  
cloudwatch {  
namespace =\> "AWS/LOGS"  
metrics =\> ["IncomingBytes","IncomingLogEvents"]  
filters =\> { "tag:Group" =\> "ops-incident-service-cloudwatch-alarmsvpc06752f63" }  
region =\> "us-east-1"  
}

I'm not very confident on the "metrics"variable.  
In the AWS console, I can view my logs at  
CloudWatch \> Log Groups \> ops-incident-service-cloudwatch-alarmsvpc06752f63

In the view I see headers ["Log Streams", "Last Event Time"]  
below the header I have records like this.

ip-10-212-100-108, 2017-03-28 14:31 UTC-5  
And each of those is bunch of events.

So is it even possible to configure this plugin to suck in these logs?  
Thanks,  
Tim

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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:** [April 25, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-logs-input-configuration-help-needed/80359/2 "2017-04-25T19:45:21Z")

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