# Environment variable in if condition is not working
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863 "2022-09-21T11:55:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@seb.sch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seb.sch)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863/1 "2022-09-21T11:55:17Z")
Hello there,
I have the following pipeline output configuration:
```auto
output {
if ("${ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS:}" == "http://elasticsearch:9200") {
elasticsearch {
action => "index"
index => "street"
hosts => ["${ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS}"]
document_id => "%{id}"
}
}
else {
elasticsearch {
action => "index"
index => "street"
hosts => ["${ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS}"]
user => "${ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME}"
password => "${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD}"
ssl_certificate_verification => "${ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION}"
cacert => "${ELASTICSEARCH_CA_CERT_PATH}"
document_id => "%{id}"
}
}
stdout {}
}
```
Even though, the environment variable ELASTICSEARCH\_HOSTS is set to "[http://elasticsearch:9200](http://elasticsearch:9200)", the "else condition" is executed as the pipeline fails due to missing credentials, certificate and so on.
So, my question is: What am I doing wrong in my config?
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863/2 "2022-09-21T15:59:14Z")
> [@seb.sch](#):
>
> What am I doing wrong in my config?
Referencing an environment variable in a conditional. You would think it would be supported, but it is not. See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variables-in-if-then-logic/197099/2) thread.
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### Author:  [@seb.sch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seb.sch)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863/3 "2022-09-21T16:12:45Z")
It is supported since Logstash v7.17.0, see PR:
[Support env variable in condition by kaisecheng · Pull Request #13608 · elastic/logstash (github.com)](https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/13608)
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863/4 "2022-09-21T16:18:23Z")
Clearly I do not spend enough time reading release notes 😆
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### Author:  [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863/5 "2022-09-21T16:18:36Z")
> [@seb.sch](#):
>
> `${ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS:}`
Is this typo? You have a `:` at the end of the variable name.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variable-in-if-condition-is-not-working/314863/6 "2022-10-19T16:19:19Z")
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