# Get Beat config status

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-beat-config-status/190748>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** fleet\
**Created:** [July 16, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-beat-config-status/190748 "2019-07-16T13:56:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nitzan.karni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@nitzan.karni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nitzan.karni)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-beat-config-status/190748/1 "2019-07-16T13:56:44Z")

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Hi,  
I want to retrieve the beats that are not running / not communicating / not configuered well.  
Basically get all the beats that are not Running in the config status in central management page.  
I tried to do this by quering the .management-beats index.  
The main problem is that I don't understand this index behavior.  
The data is always changing, updated, deleted, not a regular report to elastic kind of behavior.  
So my question is this:

1. What is the behavior of .management-beats index?
2. How can I query which beats are not running (as in the central-management panel)?

Thanks

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-beat-config-status/190748/2 "2022-11-04T07:17:01Z")

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