# Dynamic loading of filebeat.yaml?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-loading-of-filebeat-yaml/83503
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-loading-of-filebeat-yaml/83503 "2017-04-25T07:38:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-loading-of-filebeat-yaml/83503/1 "2017-04-25T07:38:00Z")
Hi,
If I add new prospector to running FB configuration, is it required to restart always?
Is there some way it will load the latest configuration?
br,
Sunil
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### Author:  [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-loading-of-filebeat-yaml/83503/2 "2017-04-25T12:02:05Z")
Sounds like you're looking for this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-configuration-reloading.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-configuration-reloading.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-loading-of-filebeat-yaml/83503/3 "2017-05-23T12:14:40Z")
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