# When or how often does setup need to be done?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-or-how-often-does-setup-need-to-be-done/209743>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 27, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-or-how-often-does-setup-need-to-be-done/209743 "2019-11-27T18:10:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![joberly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@joberly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joberly)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-or-how-often-does-setup-need-to-be-done/209743/1 "2019-11-27T18:10:23Z")

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In reference to setup of any of the Beats, but specifically Filebeat (e.g. `filebeat setup -e`, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.4/load-kibana-dashboards.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.4/load-kibana-dashboards.html)), how often should `setup` be run? Is this only needed once per Elasticsearch instance per Beat type? Per machine/installation? Does running it as part of installing it on every machine cause any issues with the Elasticsearch instance to which it's connecting? I can't find any guidance on how often to run this in the docs anywhere.

Thanks,  
John Oberly

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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:** [December 25, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-or-how-often-does-setup-need-to-be-done/209743/2 "2019-12-25T20:10:24Z")

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