# Does path.repo support dynamicly setting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 21, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-path-repo-support-dynamicly-setting/44969 "2016-03-21T09:50:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![makeyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-path-repo-support-dynamicly-setting/44969/1 "2016-03-21T09:50:36Z")
I want to add a repository for my cluster and it doesn't have path.repo in config.yaml. so I'd like to know if it is possible to set it through API? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-path-repo-support-dynamicly-setting/44969/2 "2016-03-21T10:04:36Z")
No. It would break the security purpose of this setting IMO. Imagine you can define it to something like `/bin` or `/etc` dynamically! o\_O ---
**Author:** ![makeyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-path-repo-support-dynamicly-setting/44969/3 "2016-03-22T09:44:56Z")
it's not dynamicly setting, I got it. but really don't agree why it can't. just let shield to consider the security thing, wound't that be good enough? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-path-repo-support-dynamicly-setting/44969/4 "2017-07-05T23:06:21Z")