# Filebeat suspension

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suspension/177322>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 17, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suspension/177322 "2019-04-17T14:45:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![pravinab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@pravinab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pravinab)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suspension/177322/1 "2019-04-17T14:45:45Z")

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Is there a way to suspend Filebeat from sending logs during a particular day of the week, between two timestamps (like during maintenance period)

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suspension/177322/2 "2019-04-17T17:37:32Z")

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What you could do is take advantage of the Beats Configuration Reloading feature: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.0/filebeat-configuration-reloading.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.0/filebeat-configuration-reloading.html). Using this feature you could have a cronjob (or equivalent) toggle the `log` input's `enabled` setting at the appropriate times.

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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:** [May 15, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suspension/177322/3 "2019-05-15T17:37:34Z")

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