# How to set variables in config logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-variables-in-config-logstash/115935 "2018-01-17T18:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cgarcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@cgarcia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cgarcia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-variables-in-config-logstash/115935/1 "2018-01-17T18:35:38Z")
Hi Expert I need your help. How to set this variables in the config of logstash? | ELASTIFLOW\_NETFLOW\_PORT | The UDP port to listen on for Netflow messages | 2055 | | --- | --- | --- | | ELASTIFLOW\_ES\_HOST | The Elasticsearch host to which the output will send data | 127.0.0.1:9200 | | ELASTIFLOW\_ES\_USER | The password for the connection to Elasticsearch | elastic | | ELASTIFLOW\_ES\_PASSWD | The username for the connection to Elasticsearch | changeme | | ELASTIFLOW\_GEOIP\_DB\_PATH | The path where the GeoIP DBs are located | /etc/logstash/geoipdbs | | ELASTIFLOW\_DICT\_PATH | The path where the dictionary files are located | /etc/logstash/dictionaries | | ELASTIFLOW\_TEMPLATE\_PATH | The path to where index templates are located | /etc/logstash/templates | I was try with diferente sintaxis, by, no work logstash services. the reference to this questions is: [github.com/robcowart/elastiflow](http://github.com/robcowart/elastiflow) thanks in advanced ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-variables-in-config-logstash/115935/2 "2018-02-14T18:35:39Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.