# How to pass custom filebeat.yml to docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pass-custom-filebeat-yml-to-docker-elastic-co-beats-filebeat/94140
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [July 21, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pass-custom-filebeat-yml-to-docker-elastic-co-beats-filebeat/94140 "2017-07-21T17:17:55Z")
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### Author:  [@vramakrishnan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vramakrishnan)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pass-custom-filebeat-yml-to-docker-elastic-co-beats-filebeat/94140/1 "2017-07-21T17:17:55Z")
1. Can someone share steps to pass custom filebeat.yml to filebeat docker ?
Inside docker I see config in /usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml.
I plan to volume mount the logs directory from host.
Do I have to do the same to volume mount the config yml directory as well ?
1. Also if filebeat.yml config changes, will filebeat pick it up automatically or do I need to restart the docker ?
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### Author:  [@vramakrishnan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vramakrishnan)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pass-custom-filebeat-yml-to-docker-elastic-co-beats-filebeat/94140/2 "2017-07-21T17:52:20Z")
Found the documentation.
docker run
-v ~/filebeat.yml:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml
[docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:5.5.0](http://docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:5.5.0)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pass-custom-filebeat-yml-to-docker-elastic-co-beats-filebeat/94140/3 "2017-08-18T17:52:29Z")
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