# I don't want to restart elasticsearcch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-dont-want-to-restart-elasticsearcch/198141>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-dont-want-to-restart-elasticsearcch/198141 "2019-09-05T03:18:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kiddingl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kiddingl/32/104644_2.png) [@kiddingl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kiddingl)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-dont-want-to-restart-elasticsearcch/198141/1 "2019-09-05T03:18:05Z")

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I don't want to restart elasticsearch after installing plugin repository-s3 and midifying elasticsearch.yml on docker  
Do you have any good ideas or tools?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-dont-want-to-restart-elasticsearcch/198141/2 "2019-09-05T05:02:34Z")

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The Elasticsearch.yml file is only read on startup so you need to restart.

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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 3, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-dont-want-to-restart-elasticsearcch/198141/3 "2019-10-03T05:02:35Z")

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