# S3 output plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-output-plugin/101321>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-output-plugin/101321 "2017-09-21T11:26:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mlrgoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@mlrgoh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mlrgoh)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-output-plugin/101321/1 "2017-09-21T11:26:40Z")

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I've a question about S3 output plugin which I can't find any answer in the Logstash documentation site.

Does the S3 output plugin upload logstash events over secure communication protocol?

As the events I'm uploading to S3 bucket contains sensitive information, I'd like to know is it secured over the wire just like HTTPS. Thanks in advance for any help in this question.

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**Author:** ![mlrgoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@mlrgoh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mlrgoh)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-output-plugin/101321/2 "2017-09-22T14:21:31Z")

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After further investigation into logstash-ouput-s3's source code in GitHub, it seems like the AWS SDK used by the plugin is using SSL for communicating with the AWS API.

def setup\_aws\_config  
# Should we require (true) or disable (false) using SSL for communicating with the AWS API  
# The AWS SDK for Ruby defaults to SSL so we preserve that  
config :use\_ssl, :validate =\> :boolean, :default =\> true  
end

I think this answered my question. That makes sense otherwise the secret\_access\_key won't be safe for sending over plain HTTP protocol.

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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:** [October 20, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-output-plugin/101321/3 "2017-10-20T14:21:47Z")

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