# How to configure username and password in kibana in docker-compose.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-username-and-password-in-kibana-in-docker-compose-yml/207103>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-username-and-password-in-kibana-in-docker-compose-yml/207103 "2019-11-08T12:02:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aditya\_kumar\_kar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aditya_kumar_kar/32/53365_2.png) [@Aditya\_kumar\_kar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aditya_kumar_kar)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-username-and-password-in-kibana-in-docker-compose-yml/207103/1 "2019-11-08T12:02:25Z")

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version: '2.2'  
services:  
elasticsearch:  
image: [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.4.1](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.4.1)  
container\_name: elasticsearch  
environment:  
- node.name=elasticsearch  
- discovery.seed\_hosts=elasticsearch2  
- cluster.initial\_master\_nodes=elasticsearch,elasticsearch2  
- cluster.name=docker-cluster  
- bootstrap.memory\_lock=true  
- "ES\_JAVA\_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"

```
  ulimits:
    memlock:
      soft: -1
      hard: -1
  volumes:
    - /home/lap012/code/searchDocker/esdata1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
  ports:
    - 9200:9200
  networks:
    - esnet
elasticsearch2:
  image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.4.1
  container_name: elasticsearch2
  environment:
    - node.name=elasticsearch2
    - discovery.seed_hosts=elasticsearch
    - cluster.initial_master_nodes=elasticsearch,elasticsearch2
    - cluster.name=docker-cluster
    - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
    - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
  ulimits:
    memlock:
      soft: -1
      hard: -1
  volumes:
    - /home/lap012/code/searchDocker/esdata2:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
  networks:
    - esnet

kibana:
  image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.4.1
  container_name: kibana-01
  environment:
    - elasticsearch.url=http://elasticsearch:9200

  ports:
    - 5601:5601
  depends_on:
      - elasticsearch
  networks:
    - esnet

```

volumes:  
esdata1:  
driver: local  
esdata2:  
driver: local

networks:  
esnet:  
driver: bridge

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-username-and-password-in-kibana-in-docker-compose-yml/207103/2 "2019-11-09T17:20:57Z")

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It's kind of confusing - we convert the dots to underscores in order to use as environmental variables as expected by the Docker community. We briefly touch on it here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html)

So `elasticsearch.hosts` becomes `ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS`

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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:** [December 7, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-username-and-password-in-kibana-in-docker-compose-yml/207103/3 "2019-12-07T17:21:05Z")

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