# S3 input plugin - External Bucket
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-external-bucket/173709
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-external-bucket/173709 "2019-03-25T09:44:18Z")
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### Author:  [@Roberto\_1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roberto_1)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-external-bucket/173709/1 "2019-03-25T09:44:18Z")
Hello,
I'would like to use the Logstash S3 input plugin in order to retrieve the logs in a Bucket S3.
The problem is that I've to define a "Local Path" in my S3 plugin configuration but, most likely because of me, I can't find out to do that.
Just for providing an example, I can read the same S3 Bucket that I'm trying to read with Logstash, with "aws" Client, by using the following command:
`aws s3 sync s3://external_bucket_domain/random_alphanumeric/ /tmp/AWS`
UPDATE: In summary, I can't find a way to use the Input S3 plugin in order to read data from an External Bucket.
Thank you.
Roberto
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-external-bucket/173709/2 "2019-04-22T09:44:22Z")
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