# Mulltiple instance of kibana with same download tar folder by providing separate config/kibana.yml file path

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mulltiple-instance-of-kibana-with-same-download-tar-folder-by-providing-separate-config-kibana-yml-file-path/234871>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mulltiple-instance-of-kibana-with-same-download-tar-folder-by-providing-separate-config-kibana-yml-file-path/234871 "2020-05-29T06:55:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![kcfragrance.9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kcfragrance.9/32/69363_2.png) [@kcfragrance.9](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kcfragrance.9)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mulltiple-instance-of-kibana-with-same-download-tar-folder-by-providing-separate-config-kibana-yml-file-path/234871/1 "2020-05-29T06:55:02Z")

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Hi,

Is there any way to run multiple instance of kibana on same machine via tar file by providing the different kibana.yml config file path? Instead of downloading the multiple kibana folder.

Kibana Version: 7.7

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mulltiple-instance-of-kibana-with-same-download-tar-folder-by-providing-separate-config-kibana-yml-file-path/234871/2 "2020-05-29T17:59:05Z")

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Yes, if you are starting Kibana from the command line, you can pass in a config path as a argument:

```auto
./bin/kibana -h
Usage: kibana

-e, --elasticsearch URI Elasticsearch instance
-c, --config PATH Path to config file
-p, --port PORT Kibana port
-q, --quiet Turns off logging
-H, --host HOST Kibana host
-v, --version Display version
    --plugins Path to the folder to scan for plugins
-h, --help Display this screen

```

My advice is:

1. To have 2 instances run from the same install directory, there should be 2 config files located in the `config` directory in root of the the install path: a separate file for each instance. (For example, `kibana-a.yml` and `kibana-b.yml`.)

2. Each YML file should have a unique, non-default `path.data` setting. See: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html)

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**Author:** ![kcfragrance.9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kcfragrance.9/32/69363_2.png) [@kcfragrance.9](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kcfragrance.9)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mulltiple-instance-of-kibana-with-same-download-tar-folder-by-providing-separate-config-kibana-yml-file-path/234871/3 "2020-06-01T07:41:50Z")

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Thanks... Its works well.

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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:** [June 29, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mulltiple-instance-of-kibana-with-same-download-tar-folder-by-providing-separate-config-kibana-yml-file-path/234871/4 "2020-06-29T07:41:56Z")

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