# How to set kibana ELASTICSEARCH\_URL parameter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-elasticsearch-url-parameter/185342>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 12, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-elasticsearch-url-parameter/185342 "2019-06-12T06:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![heyixiaoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/heyixiaoran/32/47915_2.png) [@heyixiaoran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/heyixiaoran)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-elasticsearch-url-parameter/185342/1 "2019-06-12T06:57:37Z")

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I run a elasticsearch and kibana in docker. elasticsearch is run .But kibana can not run . It always try to connected [http://elasticsearch:9200](http://elasticsearch:9200/) .I set the ELASTICSEARCH\_URL kibana command. But not work

I used the command like below.

```auto
docker run -d --name d-elasticsearch -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.1.1

docker run -d --name d-kibana -e ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://192.168.0.73:9200 -p 5601:5601 docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.1.1

```

When I open the [http://localhost:5601/](http://localhost:5601/). It said Kibana server is not ready yet

Logs like this .  
kibana docker log: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-06-05T08:21:26Z","tags":["warning","elasticsearch","data"],"pid":1,"message":"Unable to revive connection: [http://elasticsearch:9200/](http://elasticsearch:9200/)"}

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-elasticsearch-url-parameter/185342/2 "2019-06-12T19:34:18Z")

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Have you followed the instructions at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html)? You must specify `elasticsearch.hosts` so kibana knows how to connect to elasticsearch

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**Author:** ![heyixiaoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/heyixiaoran/32/47915_2.png) [@heyixiaoran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/heyixiaoran)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-elasticsearch-url-parameter/185342/3 "2019-06-13T09:22:11Z")

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Thank you . I make a mistake. It's ELASTICSEARCH\_HOSTS. Not ELASTICSEARCH\_URL.

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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:** [July 11, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-elasticsearch-url-parameter/185342/4 "2019-07-11T09:22:19Z")

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