# How to set custom env variable in kibana.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-custom-env-variable-in-kibana-yml/79855>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 24, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-custom-env-variable-in-kibana-yml/79855 "2017-03-24T07:26:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-custom-env-variable-in-kibana-yml/79855/2 "2017-03-24T15:29:11Z")

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It currently isn't possible to use environment variables in kibana.yml, but you might be able to use the alternative approach outlined here: [Using environment variables in kibana.yml](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-environment-variables-in-kibana-yml/41307) by passing the parameters on the command line.

Something like:

```auto
bin/kibana --elasticsearch.url="http://${DOCKER_IP}:9200" --server.host="${DOCKER_IP}"

```

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