# How to query a system setting?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-system-setting/230408>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-system-setting/230408 "2020-04-29T17:00:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![rgelb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rgelb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rgelb)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-system-setting/230408/1 "2020-04-29T17:00:31Z")

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Let's say I want to see the value of xpack.security.enabled or discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts. Is there a way to query it?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-system-setting/230408/2 "2020-04-29T22:02:34Z")

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Some of those are not accessible via the API.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/cluster-update-settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/cluster-update-settings.html) has some info on that.

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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:** [May 27, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-system-setting/230408/3 "2020-05-27T22:02:38Z")

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Closed on May 27, 2020, 10:02pm UTC

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