# Does putting more config files into config\_dir require restart?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-putting-more-config-files-into-config-dir-require-restart/37394>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 16, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-putting-more-config-files-into-config-dir-require-restart/37394 "2015-12-16T18:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Larsson\_Kron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@Thomas\_Larsson\_Kron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas_Larsson_Kron)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-putting-more-config-files-into-config-dir-require-restart/37394/1 "2015-12-16T18:57:53Z")

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Hi,

If I place more configuration files in the config\_dir while filebeat is running, does it require a restart to pick up the new config?

If so, is there any plan to change this? As far as I remember, the logstash agent (don't know about forwarder) dynamically picked up any added configurations in its config dir and that was a nice feature.

Best Regards  
/Thomas

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-putting-more-config-files-into-config-dir-require-restart/37394/2 "2015-12-16T20:21:36Z")

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> If I place more configuration files in the config\_dir while filebeat is running, does it require a restart to pick up the new config?

Yes.

> If so, is there any plan to change this? As far as I remember, the logstash agent (don't know about forwarder) dynamically picked up any added configurations in its config dir and that was a nice feature.

No, Logstash doesn't dynamically reload its configuration files. Perhaps you're conflating it with the fact that it does pick up newly added files monitored by the file input plugin (just like Filebeat).

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Larsson\_Kron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@Thomas\_Larsson\_Kron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas_Larsson_Kron)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-putting-more-config-files-into-config-dir-require-restart/37394/3 "2015-12-16T20:25:25Z")

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Ok.

Thanks for the swift reply.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-putting-more-config-files-into-config-dir-require-restart/37394/4 "2017-07-05T21:57:26Z")

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