# Yml config files in a different directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yml-config-files-in-a-different-directory/38192>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 30, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yml-config-files-in-a-different-directory/38192 "2015-12-30T18:24:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yahoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/898d66/32.png) [@yahoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yahoo)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yml-config-files-in-a-different-directory/38192/1 "2015-12-30T18:24:55Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to set the yml config files in my directory in Windows.

I tried  
-Des.config="c:\mypath\config"  
es.config is no longer supported. elasticsearch.yml must be placed in the config directory and cannot be renamed

I tried  
--path.conf="C:\mypath\config"  
Unrecognized option, Error Could not create the Java Virtual Machine

What is the proper syntax to do it please?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yml-config-files-in-a-different-directory/38192/2 "2015-12-30T18:41:47Z")

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-Des.path.conf should work

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**Author:** ![yahoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/898d66/32.png) [@yahoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yahoo)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yml-config-files-in-a-different-directory/38192/3 "2015-12-30T19:15:39Z")

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Thank you. It worked.  
Is it the same for Kibana and Logstash?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yml-config-files-in-a-different-directory/38192/4 "2015-12-30T19:57:12Z")

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I don't think so

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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 5, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yml-config-files-in-a-different-directory/38192/5 "2017-07-05T23:27:47Z")

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