# Metricbeat error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error/211080>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error/211080 "2019-12-09T09:24:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![suraj\_kumar3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suraj_kumar3/32/51976_2.png) [@suraj\_kumar3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suraj_kumar3)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error/211080/1 "2019-12-09T09:24:11Z")

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error creating aws metricset: failed to retrieve aws credentials, please check AWS credential in config: EC2RoleRequestError: no EC2 instance role found

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**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error/211080/2 "2019-12-10T08:49:05Z")

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Hi @suraj_kumar3!

This sounds like a credentials error. Please make sure you provide a [proper](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/master/metricbeat-module-aws.html#aws-credentials-config) configuration pointing to your credentials.

Thanks!

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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:** [January 7, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error/211080/3 "2020-01-07T08:49:05Z")

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