# Logstash configuration File
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-file/296179
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-file/296179 "2022-02-03T10:59:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@harsh19](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harsh19)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-file/296179/1 "2022-02-03T10:59:14Z")
```auto
input {
file {
type => "json"
path => "/home/harsh/Documents/elklog/2022/01/1/*.json"
start_position => "beginning"
sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
}
}
filter {
}
output {
stdout { codec => rubydebug }
elasticsearch{
hosts => ["localhost:9200"]
user => elastic
password => elastic
index => "logstash_index"
document_type => "json"
}
}
```
in this configuration file,
I want to change path Dynamically so is it possible or not ? If yes then How to do that ?
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### Author:  [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-file/296179/2 "2022-02-03T11:06:01Z")
What does "change path dynamically" mean?
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### Author:  [@harsh19](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harsh19)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-file/296179/3 "2022-02-03T11:11:56Z")
Suppose i have Folder like YYYY/MM/DD in year there is all Months folder so i want to need specific folder log data so All time i have to change in conf file so is it any way to create path Dynamically so my work done easily hope you got my point
Thank you @Tomo_M
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### Author:  [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-file/296179/4 "2022-02-03T11:17:10Z")
You can use wildcard even for folder path not only for file name. Is this help you?
> **[File input plugin | Logstash Reference \[7.17\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-path)**
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-file/296179/5 "2022-03-03T11:17:37Z")
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