# Logstash cloudwatch input plugn

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cloudwatch-input-plugn/156687>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cloudwatch-input-plugn/156687 "2018-11-14T14:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![shahid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@shahid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shahid)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cloudwatch-input-plugn/156687/1 "2018-11-14T14:00:55Z")

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Hi team ,  
I install the logstash -cloudwatch input plugin on my ELK server and inside the /logstash/config.d/cloudwatch.conf  
here my setting i put inside the con file(cloudwatch.conf).

\<  
input {  
beats {  
port =\> "5044"  
}  
}

input {  
cloudwatch {  
metrics =\> ["CPUUtilization"]  
filters =\> { "tag:Environment" =\> "Yes" }  
region =\> "us-west-2"  
namespace =\> "AWS/EC2"  
#aws\_credentials\_file =\> "/var/opt/aws.yaml"  
aws\_credentials\_file =\> "/etc/aws\_credentials.yaml"  
}  
}  
output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
index =\> "logstash-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
template =\> "/etc/logstash/logstash-temp.json"  
template\_name =\> "logstash-\*"  
template\_overwrite =\> true  
}  
}

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in the tail logs of log-stash m getting the below response.  
"  
[2018-11-14T11:51:56,074][INFO][logstash.inputs.cloudwatch] Polling CloudWatch API  
[2018-11-14T11:51:56,166][INFO][logstash.inputs.cloudwatch] [Aws::EC2::Client 200 0.082751 0 retries] describe\_instances(filters:[{name:"tag:Environment",values:["Yes"]}])

[2018-11-14T12:06:56,073][INFO][logstash.inputs.cloudwatch] Polling CloudWatch API  
[2018-11-14T12:06:56,169][INFO][logstash.inputs.cloudwatch] [Aws::EC2::Client 200 0.087325 0 retries] describe\_instances(filters:[{name:"tag:Environment",values:["Yes"]}])  
"  
But on the Kibana there is no logs.Can anyone please help me on this issue.

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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:** [December 12, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cloudwatch-input-plugn/156687/2 "2018-12-12T14:00:59Z")

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