# How can I create the kibana index via environment variables

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-the-kibana-index-via-environment-variables/144520>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-the-kibana-index-via-environment-variables/144520 "2018-08-15T13:08:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![asallemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-the-kibana-index-via-environment-variables/144520/1 "2018-08-15T13:08:31Z")

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Hi guys,

I am using Kibana and Elasticsearch with **Docker**. I need to run the Docker container of Kibana with **index** which begin for example with **extract\_logs** \*. Is that possible ? if yes, how can I do that ?

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-the-kibana-index-via-environment-variables/144520/2 "2018-08-15T19:14:11Z")

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Hey, it is possible.

Kibana doesn't support env variables but the docker image will translate them into kibana configuration

The kibana.yml parameter is `kibana.index`, and the env variable name docker uses is `KIBANA_INDEX`.

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**Author:** ![asallemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-the-kibana-index-via-environment-variables/144520/3 "2018-08-15T19:45:38Z")

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Thank you for your reply @jbudz !

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> and the env variable name docker uses is `KIBANA_INDEX`

What I have to put ? path or just index name ?

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-the-kibana-index-via-environment-variables/144520/4 "2018-08-16T00:07:10Z")

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index name,

KIBANA\_INDEX=my-kibana-index

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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:** [September 13, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-the-kibana-index-via-environment-variables/144520/5 "2018-09-13T00:07:10Z")

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