# Running new logstash config without stopping current instance

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-new-logstash-config-without-stopping-current-instance/149006>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-new-logstash-config-without-stopping-current-instance/149006 "2018-09-18T16:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-new-logstash-config-without-stopping-current-instance/149006/1 "2018-09-18T16:54:49Z")

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I am running logstash with below command

./bin/logstash -f /configfiles --config.reload.automatic &

First time I run logstash picks all the config files in the /configfiles folder and start running. After a while(suppose next day) if i put new config files in /configfiles folder, will logstash pick the new config files or not?

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**Author:** ![ramindia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ramindia/32/32459_2.png) [@ramindia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ramindia)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-new-logstash-config-without-stopping-current-instance/149006/2 "2018-09-18T21:19:08Z")

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If you have set the interval in logstash config, it will pickup new config after 60s i guess.

# config.reload.interval: 3s

config.reload.interval: 60s

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**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-new-logstash-config-without-stopping-current-instance/149006/3 "2018-09-18T23:41:12Z")

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I thought the default reload interval is 3s. It would check the changes in logstash config which are already running for changes.

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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:** [October 16, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-new-logstash-config-without-stopping-current-instance/149006/4 "2018-10-16T23:41:14Z")

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