# Ask Elasticsearch where its configuration path is

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035 "2018-05-08T15:47:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/loren/32/44942_2.png) [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035/1 "2018-05-08T15:47:46Z")

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Is there an API call that returns what a cluster's configuration path is? (e.g., `/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/`, `/etc/elasticsearch`).

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**Author:** ![Julien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/julien/32/19688_2.png) [@Julien](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Julien)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035/2 "2018-05-10T15:06:08Z")

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You should be able to get it using this :  
GET \_cluster/settings?include\_defaults=true

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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/loren/32/44942_2.png) [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035/3 "2018-05-11T03:09:59Z")

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I do not see it there, although I do see other path-related info:

```auto
    "path": {
      "data": [
        "/usr/local/var/elasticsearch/"
      ],
      "logs": "/usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch",
      "shared_data": "",
      "home": "/usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/6.2.2/libexec",
      "repo": []
    }

```

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**Author:** ![Julien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/julien/32/19688_2.png) [@Julien](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Julien)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035/4 "2018-05-11T09:02:24Z")

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Sorry I thought you were after the data path, for path.conf/ES\_PATH\_CONF :

GET \_nodes should return the path in nodes.nodeid.jvm.inputArguments  
"-Des.path.conf=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config"

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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/loren/32/44942_2.png) [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035/5 "2018-05-11T18:02:34Z")

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Indeed it does! Thank you!

```auto
        "input_arguments": [
          ...,
          "-Des.path.conf=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch"
        ]

```

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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:** [June 8, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-elasticsearch-where-its-configuration-path-is/131035/6 "2018-06-08T18:02:39Z")

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