# 2 instances of packetbeat on the same server but on kibana monitor i see only 1

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-instances-of-packetbeat-on-the-same-server-but-on-kibana-monitor-i-see-only-1/178441
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-instances-of-packetbeat-on-the-same-server-but-on-kibana-monitor-i-see-only-1/178441 "2019-04-25T11:30:29Z")
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### Author: ![Itay\_Rozenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/itay_rozenberg/32/45012_2.png) [@Itay\_Rozenberg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Itay_Rozenberg)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-instances-of-packetbeat-on-the-same-server-but-on-kibana-monitor-i-see-only-1/178441/1 "2019-04-25T11:30:29Z")

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hi guys

i have 2 instances of packetbeat on the same server.  
i'v enabled "xpack.monitoring.enabled" on both of them.

on kibana monitoring i only see one of them,  
if i disable one of them i see still see one beat on kibana  
if i disable both of them then i stop seeing info on kibana

can i change the "id" of one packetbeat instance ?

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### Author: ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-instances-of-packetbeat-on-the-same-server-but-on-kibana-monitor-i-see-only-1/178441/2 "2019-04-26T11:41:19Z")

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This sounds like you run both instances with similar configurations. The data directory must not be shared. Packetbeat store a file name `meta.json` in there, holding an unique ID per instance. Running two instances with the same data dir will have both instances report the same IDs.

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### Author: ![Itay\_Rozenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/itay_rozenberg/32/45012_2.png) [@Itay\_Rozenberg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Itay_Rozenberg)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-instances-of-packetbeat-on-the-same-server-but-on-kibana-monitor-i-see-only-1/178441/3 "2019-04-27T18:45:53Z")

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wow, you were right !  
just changed the "path.data" directory and now its working fine

thank you!  
itay,

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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: [May 25, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-instances-of-packetbeat-on-the-same-server-but-on-kibana-monitor-i-see-only-1/178441/4 "2019-05-25T18:46:01Z")

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