# Two filbert.yml file
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filbert-yml-file/139955
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [July 13, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filbert-yml-file/139955 "2018-07-13T13:37:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@fconcha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fconcha)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filbert-yml-file/139955/1 "2018-07-13T13:37:48Z")
Hello all,
a question:
can I create two files filebeat.yml on the same machine (both are here: /etc/filebeat/) and each one sent the same information but to different logstash?
(not as loadbalancer)
regards
Felipe
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### Author:  [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filbert-yml-file/139955/2 "2018-07-13T15:03:51Z")
Hi @fconcha,
You can have run filebeat instances on the same host, but they need to use a different data path. If you want them to share the same configuration, you can override the data path with the `--path.data ` flag. And if you need to override additional settings like the logstash host, you can do it for example with `-E output.logstash.hosts=[':']`.
Out of curiosity, why do you need this architecture?
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### Author:  [@fconcha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fconcha)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filbert-yml-file/139955/3 "2018-07-14T20:29:39Z")
Thanks for your answer, could you be a little more specific.
I need it because I want to send information to a central ELK server and also send the same information to another local server to which other people will have access.
Regards,
Felipe
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filbert-yml-file/139955/4 "2018-08-11T20:29:40Z")
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