# Can't make Metricbeat to use passed env variable
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-make-metricbeat-to-use-passed-env-variable/193148
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [July 31, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-make-metricbeat-to-use-passed-env-variable/193148 "2019-07-31T14:56:16Z")
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### Author:  [@pavlovdog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pavlovdog)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-make-metricbeat-to-use-passed-env-variable/193148/1 "2019-07-31T14:56:17Z")
I'm trying to run `metricbeat` service in docker, according to the [official documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/running-on-docker.html) (version 7.2.0). Here's my bash command for `setup`:
```bash
docker run -d --name=metricbeat docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:7.2.0 setup\
-e setup.kibana.host=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:5601\
-e output.elasticsearch.host=["XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:9200"]\
-e output.elasticsearch.password=XXXXXXXX
```
As you see I'm passing the `output.elasticsearch.host` variable and it's definitely not equal to the default value. But here's the part of the `metricbeat` container logs:
```bash
2019-07-31T14:32:40.335Z INFO elasticsearch/client.go:166 Elasticsearch url: http://elasticsearch:9200
```
This means that `metricbeat` used the default Elastic host instead of the environment variable value. How can I fix it?
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-make-metricbeat-to-use-passed-env-variable/193148/2 "2019-08-28T14:56:23Z")
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