# Autodiscovery hints in docker swarm
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autodiscovery-hints-in-docker-swarm/172664
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [March 17, 2019, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autodiscovery-hints-in-docker-swarm/172664 "2019-03-17T09:36:53Z")
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### Author:  [@atmosx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atmosx)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2019, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autodiscovery-hints-in-docker-swarm/172664/1 "2019-03-17T09:36:53Z")
Hello, I have setup a docker swarm network. I have setup a metricbeat per host, at node level. Now I need to fetch data from prometheus exporters accessible through swarm overlay networks and I'm planning to use the [hints based auto-discovery](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuration-autodiscover-hints.html) option. So metricbeats will need access services accessible through the swarm network only. How should I approach this? One metricsbeat instance per node or one metricsbeat instance running on the swarm manager node?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@atmosx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atmosx)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autodiscovery-hints-in-docker-swarm/172664/2 "2019-03-17T14:18:32Z")
I believe the following answer resolves it: [How to use Metricbeat to monitor Docker Swarm containers, hosts and external services](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-metricbeat-to-monitor-docker-swarm-containers-hosts-and-external-services/160037)
The accepted solution is to run metricsbeat in global mode with a set of paths as mounted volumes: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/running-on-docker.html#\_volume\_mounted\_configuration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/running-on-docker.html#_volume_mounted_configuration)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autodiscovery-hints-in-docker-swarm/172664/3 "2019-04-14T16:18:36Z")
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