# Cloudwatch Output -Log group Name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-output-log-group-name/376526>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-output-log-group-name/376526 "2025-03-28T13:27:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![paw2025](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@paw2025](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paw2025)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-output-log-group-name/376526/1 "2025-03-28T13:27:53Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to send logs to Cloudwatch via logstash.

How can I define **Log group name** in Cloudwatch Output?  
I don't see any option. Is there any default name for it?

```auto
[2025-03-27T21:34:33,162][ERROR][logstash.outputs.cloudwatch] Unknown setting 'log_group_name' for cloudwatch
[2025-03-27T21:34:33,164][ERROR][logstash.outputs.cloudwatch] Unknown setting 'log_stream_name' for cloudwatch

```

> **[Cloudwatch output plugin | Logstash Reference \[7.17\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/7.17/plugins-outputs-cloudwatch.html)**

Logstash version: 7.17

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-output-log-group-name/376526/2 "2025-03-28T16:23:40Z")

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> [@paw2025](#):
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> I'm trying to send logs to Cloudwatch via logstash.

I don't think this is possible, the Cloudwatch output is used to send **metrics** , not logs.

> This output lets you aggregate and send **metric data** to AWS CloudWatch

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**Author:** ![paw2025](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@paw2025](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paw2025)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudwatch-output-log-group-name/376526/3 "2025-03-28T18:26:15Z")

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Thanks for quick response.