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# \[ERROR\]\[logstash.pipeline\] Error registering plugin when sending cloudwatch logs to my elastic cloud **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [July 1, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-logstash-pipeline-error-registering-plugin-when-sending-cloudwatch-logs-to-my-elastic-cloud/188401 "2019-07-01T20:07:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![rhader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@rhader](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rhader)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-logstash-pipeline-error-registering-plugin-when-sending-cloudwatch-logs-to-my-elastic-cloud/188401/1 "2019-07-01T20:07:20Z")

I am running `logstash v6.8.1` on an aws ec2 linux 2 ami instance. I have installed logstash successfully. I am using logstash to get logs from `aws cloudwatch` using this plugin `https://github.com/lukewaite/logstash-input-cloudwatch-logs`. I have installed the plugin successfully. I am in `/usr/share/logstash` directory. The command I use is `sudo bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/logstash/ -f config/cloud_watch.conf` This is my `cloud_watch.conf` file ``` input { cloudwatch_logs { log_group => ["/my/log/group"] region => "us-west-2" access_key_id => "access_key" secret_access_key => "secret_key" } } output { elasticsearch { hosts => "https://xxxxxxxx.us-west-1.aws.found.io:9243" user => "elastic" password => "my_password" } stdout { } } ``` When I run this command I get this error message ``` Sending Logstash logs to /var/log/logstash which is now configured via log4j2.properties [2019-07-01T19:33:17,229][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified [2019-07-01T19:33:17,261][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"6.8.1"} [2019-07-01T19:34:05,286][INFO][logstash.pipeline] Starting pipeline {:pipeline_id=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>1, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>50} [2019-07-01T19:34:06,506][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Elasticsearch pool URLs updated {:changes=>{:removed=>[], :added=>[https://elastic:xxxxxx@41e8f9885e01498aaa03909926286fc9.us-west-1.aws.found.io:9243/]}} [2019-07-01T19:34:07,754][WARN][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Restored connection to ES instance {:url=>"https://elastic:xxxxxx@41e8f9885e01498aaa03909926286fc9.us-west-1.aws.found.io:9243/"} [2019-07-01T19:34:08,126][ERROR][logstash.pipeline] Error registering plugin {:pipeline_id=>"main", :plugin=>"#", :error=>"Unexpected character ('<' (code 60)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null')\n at [Source: (byte[])\"Kibana