# Issue setting up connector

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-setting-up-connector/360420>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** docker, connectors\
**Created:** [May 29, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-setting-up-connector/360420 "2024-05-29T03:06:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lim\_Rik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lim_rik/32/131373_2.png) [@Lim\_Rik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lim_Rik)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-setting-up-connector/360420/1 "2024-05-29T03:06:38Z")

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I am following this link [Running from a Docker container | Enterprise Search documentation [8.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/8.13/connectors-run-from-docker.html) to run my connector on docker. However, I am faced with this issue.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/b/5b40cf904d642f2bb93b4949c8ccdf6475bf08f2.png)

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-setting-up-connector/360420/2 "2024-05-29T04:40:29Z")

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Please don't post images of text as they are hard to read, may not display correctly for everyone, and are not searchable.

Instead, paste the text and format it with `</>` icon or pairs of triple backticks (```), and check the preview window to make sure it's properly formatted before posting it. This makes it more likely that your question will receive a useful answer.

It would be great if you could update your post to solve this.

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**Author:** ![Lim\_Rik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lim_rik/32/131373_2.png) [@Lim\_Rik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lim_Rik)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-setting-up-connector/360420/3 "2024-05-29T04:57:01Z")

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I am following this link [Running from a Docker container | Enterprise Search documentation [8.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/8.13/connectors-run-from-docker.html) to run my connector on docker. However, I am faced with this issue

```auto
docker run \
-v "</absolute/path/to>/connectors-config:/config" \ # NOTE: you must change this path to match where the config.yml is located
--rm \
--tty -i \
--network host \
docker.elastic.co/enterprise-search/elastic-connectors:8.13.4.0 \
/app/bin/elastic-ingest \
-c /config/config.yml

```

I am returned with this

```auto
docker: invalid reference format.

```

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**Author:** ![Jedr\_Blaszyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jedr_blaszyk/32/127637_2.png) [@Jedr\_Blaszyk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jedr_Blaszyk)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-setting-up-connector/360420/4 "2024-05-29T07:51:30Z")

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Hey @Lim_Rik. It seems that you are trying to execute this command in Windows. Windows uses caret `^` instead of backslash `\` as a line continuation character in the console. It should work if you change the character or keep the whole command in a single line. Let me know if it helps.

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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:** [June 26, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-setting-up-connector/360420/5 "2024-06-26T07:51:31Z")

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