Reload the configuration dynamically
editReload the configuration dynamically
editThis functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
You can configure Auditbeat to dynamically reload configuration files when there are changes. To do this, you specify a path (glob) to watch for module configuration changes. When the files found by the glob change, new modules are started/stopped according to changes in the configuration files.
To enable dynamic config reloading, you specify the path and reload options
in the main auditbeat.yml config file. For example:
auditbeat.config.modules:
path: ${path.config}/conf.d/*.yml
reload.enabled: true
reload.period: 10s
-
path - A glob that defines the files to check for changes.
-
reload.enabled -
When set to
true, enables dynamic config reload. -
reload.period -
Specifies how often the files are checked for changes. Do not
set the
periodto less than 1s because the modification time of files is often stored in seconds. Setting theperiodto less than 1s will result in unnecessary overhead.
Each file found by the glob must contain a list of one or more module definitions. For example:
- module: file_integrity paths: - /www/wordpress - /www/wordpress/wp-admin - /www/wordpress/wp-content - /www/wordpress/wp-includes
On systems with POSIX file permissions, all Beats configuration files are subject to ownership and file permission checks. If you encounter config loading errors related to file ownership, see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/8.2/config-file-permissions.html.