# How to generate new file per metricbeat event

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-new-file-per-metricbeat-event/301732>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [April 6, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-new-file-per-metricbeat-event/301732 "2022-04-06T09:44:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-new-file-per-metricbeat-event/301732/1 "2022-04-06T09:44:12Z")

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How can I generate a new file for every new metricbeat event?

> **[Configure the File output | Metricbeat Reference \[8.1\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/file-output.html#_number_of_files)**

Below config creates a file named metricbeat and keeps appending data into it.

output.file:  
enabled: true  
path: "/tmp/metricbeat"

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**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-new-file-per-metricbeat-event/301732/2 "2022-05-04T11:44:16Z")

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