# Logstash fails to establish output connection with AWS service domain?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-establish-output-connection-with-aws-service-domain/104013>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 15, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-establish-output-connection-with-aws-service-domain/104013 "2017-10-15T06:46:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![inian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cab0a1/32.png) [@inian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inian)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-establish-output-connection-with-aws-service-domain/104013/1 "2017-10-15T06:46:45Z")

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I setup a Elasticsearch enabled service with AWS.

I setup the conf file in logstash local as specified

I ran logstash using following command

> > logstash -f logstash-simple.conf

Connections gets established for input but when it tries to connect with AWS service domain.  
It fails to connect.

To check logstash performs a health check that also fails. I see that it is trying to connect to

[https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200](https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200)

When I try to browse without port number It is getting connected.

Please help me sort out the issue.

Following is the error trace

[2017-10-15T12:15:39,110][WARN][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Attempted to resurrect connection to dead ES instance, but got an error. {:url=\>"[https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200/](https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200/)", :error\_type=\>LogStash::Outputs::Elasticsearch::HttpClient::Pool::HostUnreachableError, :error=\>"Elasticsearch Unreachable: [[https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200/](https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200/)][Manticore::ConnectTimeout] connect timed out"}  
[2017-10-15T12:15:40,111][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Running health check to see if an Elasticsearch connection is working {:healthcheck\_url=\>[https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200/](https://search-slidebuy-z5vpncvvncihz4r2qivcbuttai.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com:9200/), :path=\>"/"}

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-establish-output-connection-with-aws-service-domain/104013/2 "2017-10-15T14:03:10Z")

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I think you need a [special output plugin](https://github.com/awslabs/logstash-output-amazon_es) in order to be able to connect to AWS Elasticsearch service.

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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:** [November 12, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-establish-output-connection-with-aws-service-domain/104013/3 "2017-11-12T14:03:30Z")

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