Troubleshooting
This section covers common issues you might encounter when working with CloudWatch pipelines and their solutions.
Pipeline creation failures
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Issue: Pipeline creation fails with permission errors
Solution: Verify that your IAM role has the required PassRole permissions for any roles specified in the pipeline configuration
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Issue: Configuration validation errors
Solution: Use the ValidateTelemetryPipeline API to check your configuration syntax before creating the pipeline
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Issue: Log source not available to select
Possible reason: There is already a log source with the same data source name and type. Duplicate combinations are greyed out since you can only create one of each.
Data processing issues
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Issue: No data flowing through pipeline
Solution: Check that your data source is properly configured and generating data, and verify that CloudWatch Logs resource policies are correctly set
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Issue: Processor errors in pipeline
Solution: Review processor configuration and ensure input data format matches processor expectations