# Cant run elasticSearch with 'simple' custom configuration

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-elasticsearch-with-simple-custom-configuration/92401
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 9, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-elasticsearch-with-simple-custom-configuration/92401 "2017-07-09T18:08:27Z")
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### Author: ![nadiGam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nadigam/32/124078_2.png) [@nadiGam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nadiGam)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-elasticsearch-with-simple-custom-configuration/92401/1 "2017-07-09T18:08:27Z")

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I'm learning all about elasticSearch , and right now I'm trying to run with some modified configuration .

So i added

> node.name: node-1  
> path.data: /home/nad/Downloads/elasticsearch-5.5.0/data/data1  
> path.logs: /home/nad/Downloads/elasticsearch-5.5.0/logs/log1  
> http.port: 9250

to **elasticsearch1.yml** and than I ran :

> ./bin/elasticsearch -Econfig=/home/nad/Downloads/elasticsearch-5.5.0/config/elasticsearch.1.yml

and I got the following error :

> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [config] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings

I'm running with latest Elasticsearch version .

What have I done wrong ?

Thanks for the help

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-elasticsearch-with-simple-custom-configuration/92401/2 "2017-07-09T23:05:13Z")

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Your syntax is a little bit incorrect, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/settings.html#\_config\_file\_location](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/settings.html#_config_file_location) for the correct argument to pass in 🙂

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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: [August 6, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-elasticsearch-with-simple-custom-configuration/92401/3 "2017-08-06T23:05:18Z")

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