# Environment avariable in ELK docker

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-avariable-in-elk-docker/183644>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-avariable-in-elk-docker/183644 "2019-05-31T02:33:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatdat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tatdat/32/113160_2.png) [@tatdat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tatdat)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-avariable-in-elk-docker/183644/1 "2019-05-31T02:33:48Z")

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Im settingup ELK in dockcer with docker-compose.  
I have a question. Where do i can find evironment avariable setup for Elasticsearch, kibana image.  
I knew we have option overwrite configuration file with this option

```
    volumes:
      - ./kibana.yml:/usr/share/kibana/config/kibana.yml

```

But i want use environment avariable instead of overwrite config.

Thank!

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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:** [May 31, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-avariable-in-elk-docker/183644/2 "2019-05-31T02:51:03Z")

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For elasticsearch, you can write things like:

```auto
  elasticsearch:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:$ELASTIC_VERSION
    container_name: elasticsearch
    environment:
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - discovery.type=single-node
      - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms2g -Xmx2g"
      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled=false
      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=trial
      - xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.enabled=true
      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=$ELASTIC_PASSWORD

```

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**Author:** ![tatdat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tatdat/32/113160_2.png) [@tatdat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tatdat)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-avariable-in-elk-docker/183644/3 "2019-05-31T03:17:24Z")

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thank @dadoonet,  
Do you have full document about it?

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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:** [May 31, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-avariable-in-elk-docker/183644/4 "2019-05-31T05:28:24Z")

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This: [Install Elasticsearch from archive on Linux or MacOS | Elasticsearch Guide [7.1] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.1/targz.html#targz-configuring)

> Any settings that can be specified in the config file can also be specified on the command line, using the `-E` syntax as follows:

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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:** [June 28, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-avariable-in-elk-docker/183644/5 "2019-06-28T05:28:34Z")

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