# Does kibana support loading configuration from kibana.yml dynamically?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-support-loading-configuration-from-kibana-yml-dynamically/134007>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-support-loading-configuration-from-kibana-yml-dynamically/134007 "2018-05-31T08:49:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahrtr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ahrtr/32/29551_2.png) [@ahrtr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahrtr)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-support-loading-configuration-from-kibana-yml-dynamically/134007/1 "2018-05-31T08:49:02Z")

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I implemented a kibana plugin, and read some configuration items on startup. But the some configuration items may change during runtime. So does kibana support loading configuration from kibana.yml dynamically?

Thanks!

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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:** [May 31, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-support-loading-configuration-from-kibana-yml-dynamically/134007/2 "2018-05-31T08:50:08Z")

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It does not.

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**Author:** ![ahrtr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ahrtr/32/29551_2.png) [@ahrtr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahrtr)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-support-loading-configuration-from-kibana-yml-dynamically/134007/3 "2018-05-31T08:53:54Z")

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Thanks for the quick response.

Any suggestions on such scenario?

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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 28, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-support-loading-configuration-from-kibana-yml-dynamically/134007/4 "2018-06-28T08:54:03Z")

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