# Two instances of bro  on the same host?

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/two-instances-of-bro-on-the-same-host/5918>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/two-instances-of-bro-on-the-same-host/5918 "2019-11-26T20:02:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Erich\_M\_Nahum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Erich\_M\_Nahum](https://community.zeek.org/u/Erich_M_Nahum)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/two-instances-of-bro-on-the-same-host/5918/1 "2019-11-26T20:02:16Z")

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I figured it out. Two zeek installations (/opt/zeek1, /opt/zeek2), two node.cfg files, and most importantly, the second zeekctl.cfg with the port changed:

ZeekPort = 48760

instead of the default 47760 port.

I don’t know if this is supported, but it seems to work.

-Erich

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**Author:** ![kilotao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@kilotao](https://community.zeek.org/u/kilotao)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/two-instances-of-bro-on-the-same-host/5918/2 "2019-11-27T00:11:31Z")

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Dockorize bro, you can have as many as you want.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/two-instances-of-bro-on-the-same-host/5918/3 "2022-05-06T15:46:54Z")

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