# Where can i download the latest beats with static link?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-download-the-latest-beats-with-static-link/225184>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-download-the-latest-beats-with-static-link/225184 "2020-03-26T11:54:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![David\_Gacias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_gacias/32/50639_2.png) [@David\_Gacias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Gacias)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-download-the-latest-beats-with-static-link/225184/1 "2020-03-26T11:54:15Z")

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For example, in the downloads page all the links point to a numbered version like:  
[https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.6.1-amd64.deb](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.6.1-amd64.deb)

I have already tried:  
[https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-latest-amd64.deb](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-latest-amd64.deb)

But it does not exist.

I am planning on install it on our custom docker image with a dockerfile, so i would like to automatically download the latest version, and i need a link with the latest version for that.

Does it exist? i would prefer not to modify the dockerfile constantly every time there is a new version on the beats.

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-download-the-latest-beats-with-static-link/225184/2 "2020-03-27T00:52:46Z")

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This is not possible and it's unlikely that we'll offer it in the future either. We believe providing `latest` links to release artifacts is a bad software development practice as you might download a newer release artifact with unexpected changes without really knowing it. So we recommend specifying strict versions instead in release artifact URIs instead.

Shaunak

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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 24, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-download-the-latest-beats-with-static-link/225184/3 "2020-04-24T02:52:50Z")

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