# Input: Setup
1. Create new [SQS](https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/sqs/) queue (use same region as S3)
2. Set proper permission to new queue
3. [Configure S3 event notification](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/NotificationHowTo.html)
4. Write configuration file such as fluent.conf
5. Run fluentd
# Configuration: Input
See also [Configuration: credentials](credentials.md) for common comprehensive parameters.
## add_object_metadata
Whether or not object metadata should be added to the record. Defaults to `false`. See below for details.
## match_regexp
If provided, process the S3 object only if its keys matches the regular expression
## s3_bucket (required)
S3 bucket name.
## s3_region
S3 region name. For example, US West (Oregon) Region is
"us-west-2". The full list of regions are available here. >
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#s3_region. We
recommend using `s3_region` instead of `s3_endpoint`.
## store_as
archive format on S3. You can use serveral format:
* gzip (default)
* json
* text
* lzo (Need lzop command)
* lzma2 (Need xz command)
* gzip_command (Need gzip command)
* This compressor uses an external gzip command, hence would result in utilizing CPU cores well compared with `gzip`
See [Use your compression algorithm](howto.md#use-your-compression-algorithm) section for adding another format.
## format
Parse a line as this format in the S3 object. Supported formats are
"apache_error", "apache2", "syslog", "json", "tsv", "ltsv", "csv",
"nginx" and "none".
## check_apikey_on_start
Check AWS key on start. Default is true.
## proxy_uri
URI of proxy environment.
## \ section
### queue_name (required)
SQS queue name. Need to create SQS queue on the region same as S3 bucket.
### queue_owner_aws_account_id
SQS Owner Account ID
### aws_key_id
Alternative aws key id for SQS
### aws_sec_key
Alternative aws key secret for SQS
### skip_delete
When true, messages are not deleted after polling block. Default is false.
### wait_time_seconds
The long polling interval. Default is 20.
### retry_error_interval
Interval to retry polling SQS if polling unsuccessful, in seconds. Default is 300.