Install command line tool http://docs.aws.amazon.com/datapipeline/latest/DeveloperGuide/dp-install-command-line-client.html#dp-cli-set-credentials 1). Need ruby 1.9.3 or higher Running Task runner java -jar /Analytics/AmazonPipeline/TaskRunner-1.0.jar --config=/Analytics/AmazonPipeline/credentials.json --workerGroup=dev_server_one creating pipeline ./datapipeline --credentials=../credentials.json --create RAW_FILE_INGESTION --put ../JSON/RAW-FILE-INGESTION.json --force