# How to execute multiple.yml files in single filebeat instan e

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-execute-multiple-yml-files-in-single-filebeat-instan-e/150168>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 27, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-execute-multiple-yml-files-in-single-filebeat-instan-e/150168 "2018-09-27T10:07:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Goyal.vikas87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Goyal.vikas87](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Goyal.vikas87)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-execute-multiple-yml-files-in-single-filebeat-instan-e/150168/1 "2018-09-27T10:07:34Z")

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I have 2.yml files placed in a directory say /root/input.d. I want to execute both files using one filebeat instance.

Also whenever new filebeat.yml is placed in same directory, filebeat picks new yml automatically. And also if any yml is updated then it is picked up automatically.

Please help.

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Castro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_castro/32/35107_2.png) [@Mario\_Castro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_Castro)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-execute-multiple-yml-files-in-single-filebeat-instan-e/150168/2 "2018-09-27T13:28:24Z")

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Hi 🙂

AFAIK you can have more than one configuration per file, Why don't you merge the files into a single file?

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**Author:** ![Goyal.vikas87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Goyal.vikas87](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Goyal.vikas87)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-execute-multiple-yml-files-in-single-filebeat-instan-e/150168/3 "2018-09-28T07:51:16Z")

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I have different output in both yml files. In one I am sending to logstash and in other to ES.

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Castro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_castro/32/35107_2.png) [@Mario\_Castro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_Castro)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-execute-multiple-yml-files-in-single-filebeat-instan-e/150168/4 "2018-10-01T07:18:59Z")

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So you can do this directly on Logstash [https://www.elastic.co/blog/logstash-multiple-pipelines](https://www.elastic.co/blog/logstash-multiple-pipelines)

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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:** [October 29, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-execute-multiple-yml-files-in-single-filebeat-instan-e/150168/5 "2018-10-29T07:19:04Z")

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