# Elasticsearch node client 2.2.0 does not pickup elasticsearch.yml config

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-client-2-2-0-does-not-pickup-elasticsearch-yml-config/44115>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 11, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-client-2-2-0-does-not-pickup-elasticsearch-yml-config/44115 "2016-03-11T06:55:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![nlhkh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@nlhkh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nlhkh)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-client-2-2-0-does-not-pickup-elasticsearch-yml-config/44115/1 "2016-03-11T06:55:39Z")

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I am trying to use Elasticsearch node client in Java. According to this document [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/node-client.html), the config file for Elasticsearch will be used when placed in the `resources` directory. This is not happening for me however. All my config in `elasticsearch.yml`, including `path.home`, `clustername`, `node.name`... are ignored.

Is there any update that makes Elasticsearch no longer picking up this config file? Should I use `application.conf` instead?

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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, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-client-2-2-0-does-not-pickup-elasticsearch-yml-config/44115/2 "2017-07-05T23:09:15Z")

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