# Is it possible to set xpack setting using command line?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-xpack-setting-using-command-line/74945>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 14, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-xpack-setting-using-command-line/74945 "2017-02-14T00:36:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jasl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jasl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasl)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-xpack-setting-using-command-line/74945/1 "2017-02-14T00:36:59Z")

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something like:

```
-Expack.monitoring.exporters.monit.type=http -Expack.monitoring.exporters.monit.hosts=http://es:9200

```

I tried exactly that, but it fails.

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**Author:** ![jasl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jasl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasl)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-xpack-setting-using-command-line/74945/2 "2017-02-14T01:46:41Z")

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forget it, was a problem in the way plugins works in official docker image

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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:** [March 14, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-xpack-setting-using-command-line/74945/3 "2017-03-14T01:47:04Z")

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