# Editing elasticsearch.yml file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/editing-elasticsearch-yml-file/296561>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/editing-elasticsearch-yml-file/296561 "2022-02-08T08:42:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Abhi\_Abhishek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhi_abhishek/32/101426_2.png) [@Abhi\_Abhishek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhi_Abhishek)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/editing-elasticsearch-yml-file/296561/1 "2022-02-08T08:42:58Z")

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Hello  
Greetings of the day  
@Lisa_Jung @warkolm @xeraa  
Is it possible to edit Elasticsearch.yml file through API in Kibana?  
If their is a way please help me.

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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:** [February 8, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/editing-elasticsearch-yml-file/296561/2 "2022-02-08T09:00:50Z")

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No it's not, you need to directly access the file to edit it.

(Also, please don't ping people that aren't already in your topic 🙂 )

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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:** [March 8, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/editing-elasticsearch-yml-file/296561/3 "2022-03-08T09:01:23Z")

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