# How to load audit rules from seperate files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-audit-rules-from-seperate-files/184692>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [June 7, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-audit-rules-from-seperate-files/184692 "2019-06-07T06:01:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Phillips\_Roy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richard_phillips_roy/32/46989_2.png) [@Richard\_Phillips\_Roy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Richard_Phillips_Roy)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-audit-rules-from-seperate-files/184692/1 "2019-06-07T06:01:40Z")

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How do I start writing rules in audit.rules.d folder do I need to create a file rules.d file and write in it.  
I'm not seeing any rules when i run auditbeat show auditd-rules

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-audit-rules-from-seperate-files/184692/2 "2019-06-09T02:05:24Z")

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Use the `audit_rules_files` configuration option to point Auditbeat at a directory of files.

```auto
auditbeat.modules:
- module: auditd
  # Load audit rules from separate files. Same format as audit.rules(7).
  audit_rule_files: ['${path.config}/audit.rules.d/*.conf']

```

- [Configuration Options for auditd module](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/current/auditbeat-module-auditd.html#_configuration_options_14)

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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 30, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-audit-rules-from-seperate-files/184692/3 "2019-06-30T02:05:35Z")

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