# Updating geo.location in add\_host\_metadata with beats while running

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-geo-location-in-add-host-metadata-with-beats-while-running/235800>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-geo-location-in-add-host-metadata-with-beats-while-running/235800 "2020-06-04T15:47:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ad3t0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ad3t0/32/68492_2.png) [@Ad3t0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ad3t0)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-geo-location-in-add-host-metadata-with-beats-while-running/235800/1 "2020-06-04T15:47:18Z")

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Is it possible to update the geo.location metadata while a beat is running? I have it configured in my metricbeat.yml and after metricbeat runs it sends the metadata however if it were to change while running how can I specify that update?

Thank you for any help!

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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:** [July 2, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-geo-location-in-add-host-metadata-with-beats-while-running/235800/2 "2020-07-02T15:47:19Z")

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