- Wildcard routing keys aren't valid in direct exchanges, so if we want

all exchanges to work out of the box, the default routing key be the
  same on input and output. So fix that now.

lib/logstash/inputs/amqp.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Amqp < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   config :password, :validate => :password, :default => "guest"
 
   # The name of the queue. 
-  config :name, :validate => :string, :default => ''
+  config :name, :validate => :string, :default => ""
 
   # The name of the exchange to bind the queue. This is analogous to the 'amqp
   # output' [config 'name'](../outputs/amqp)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Amqp < LogStash::Inputs::Base
 
   # The routing key to use. This is only valid for direct or fanout exchanges
   # This setting is ignored on topic exchanges.
-  config :key, :validate => :string, :default => '#'
+  config :key, :validate => :string, :default => "logstash"
 
   # The vhost to use. If you don't know what this is, leave the default.
   config :vhost, :validate => :string, :default => "/"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Amqp < LogStash::Inputs::Base
     @amqpsettings[:ssl] = @ssl if @ssl
     @amqpsettings[:verify_ssl] = @verify_ssl if @verify_ssl
     @amqpurl = "amqp://"
-    amqp_credentials = ''
+    amqp_credentials = ""
     amqp_credentials << @user if @user
     amqp_credentials << ":#{@password}" if @password
     @amqpurl += amqp_credentials unless amqp_credentials.nil?