# Changing logstash config in docker container
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-logstash-config-in-docker-container/131138
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-logstash-config-in-docker-container/131138 "2018-05-09T09:06:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@skaldenmet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skaldenmet)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-logstash-config-in-docker-container/131138/1 "2018-05-09T09:06:03Z")
Hi,
I would like to reload the logstash configuration files automatically after they have changed. Normally this should happen with `bin/logstash –f apache.config --config.reload.automatic` but the docker container in logstash looks different and I can't find a way to apply the changes to my logstash.
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-logstash-config-in-docker-container/131138/2 "2018-05-09T17:52:23Z")
More details please. Which Docker image are you using? How are you starting the container?
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### Author:  [@skaldenmet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skaldenmet)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-logstash-config-in-docker-container/131138/3 "2018-05-17T13:59:59Z")
Hi, I fixed the issue. I am using the docker-elk image from deviantony.
I simply added `command: --config.reload.automatic` to my docker-compose.yml under the logstash configurations section.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-logstash-config-in-docker-container/131138/4 "2018-06-14T14:00:03Z")
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