# FIlebeat Dynamic Configuration

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dynamic-configuration/85978>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 16, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dynamic-configuration/85978 "2017-05-16T16:03:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ogba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@ogba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ogba)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dynamic-configuration/85978/1 "2017-05-16T16:03:00Z")

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Hello i am a new user,  
I currently have Filebeat installed on a VM.  
I have several config files corresponding to all the applications that can be installed on the VM.  
I know where all the application files would be if they were installed on the vm.  
Is there a way to configure filebeat such that it only tries to access certain paths when they are available? i.e when the application creates the folders.

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**Author:** ![exekias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/exekias/32/28718_2.png) [@exekias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/exekias)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dynamic-configuration/85978/2 "2017-05-17T08:52:11Z")

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Hi @ogba,

You can configure all needed prospectors as explained here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/5.4/configuration-filebeat-options.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/5.4/configuration-filebeat-options.html).

Once files are available, filebeat will detect that and start fetching them

Best regards

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**Author:** ![ogba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@ogba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ogba)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dynamic-configuration/85978/3 "2017-05-17T14:50:21Z")

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Thank you for the response, that is what i need.

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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:** [June 14, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dynamic-configuration/85978/4 "2017-06-14T14:50:48Z")

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