# Add New Ports to Packetbeat dynamically
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-ports-to-packetbeat-dynamically/62557
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [October 8, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-ports-to-packetbeat-dynamically/62557 "2016-10-08T11:27:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@s8sg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s8sg)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-ports-to-packetbeat-dynamically/62557/1 "2016-10-08T11:27:50Z")
Currently I have packetbeat http port configuration as below:
`ports: [80, 8080, 8585]`
My requirement is to update the the list of port dynamically.
Currently I'm doing the same by Updating the conf file `packetbeat.yml` each time by adding new ports to be considered and restarting the packetbeat.
Is there is any easier way of doing the same.
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### Author:  [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-ports-to-packetbeat-dynamically/62557/2 "2016-10-09T21:29:51Z")
Currently there's no easier way. We are considering implementing configuration reload, but it's not on the short term roadmap.
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### Author:  [@s8sg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s8sg)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-ports-to-packetbeat-dynamically/62557/3 "2016-10-11T07:08:47Z")
Thanks for the confirmation.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-ports-to-packetbeat-dynamically/62557/4 "2016-10-29T11:27:54Z")
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