# Quick question. How to start Kibana with custom config file?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quick-question-how-to-start-kibana-with-custom-config-file/123247>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quick-question-how-to-start-kibana-with-custom-config-file/123247 "2018-03-09T10:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quick-question-how-to-start-kibana-with-custom-config-file/123247/1 "2018-03-09T10:51:15Z")

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Hi,

I am using ELK GA 5.0.0. How can I start kibana with `my_kibana.yml` instead of default `kibana.yml`?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quick-question-how-to-start-kibana-with-custom-config-file/123247/2 "2018-03-09T16:08:21Z")

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HI ,  
This already exists using the --config option. You can launch ur Kibana instance with custom config .

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
```

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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:** [April 6, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quick-question-how-to-start-kibana-with-custom-config-file/123247/3 "2018-04-06T16:08:29Z")

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