# Logstash 2.0 change configuration without restart?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-2-0-change-configuration-without-restart/35191>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 20, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-2-0-change-configuration-without-restart/35191 "2015-11-20T22:24:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Deseao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deseao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deseao)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-2-0-change-configuration-without-restart/35191/1 "2015-11-20T22:24:23Z")

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I was under the impression in the webinar about Elasticsearch 2.0, Kibana 4.2.1, and Logstash 2.0 that it would now be possible to change the configuration without bringing down the logstash instance. Is this not the case? I haven't been able to find anything about it in the changelog or the documentation and just wanted to verify that it wasn't possible. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-2-0-change-configuration-without-restart/35191/2 "2015-11-20T22:47:03Z")

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Logstash 2.0 still needs a restart for configuration change. We did previously target the 2.0 release for that feature, but it has been pushed back.

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**Author:** ![Deseao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deseao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deseao)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-2-0-change-configuration-without-restart/35191/3 "2015-11-23T17:15:01Z")

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Thank you for the prompt reply, I appreciate getting confirmation on this.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-2-0-change-configuration-without-restart/35191/4 "2017-07-06T05:21:42Z")

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