# Logash ip address in ELastic search
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logash-ip-address-in-elastic-search/207987
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logash-ip-address-in-elastic-search/207987 "2019-11-15T02:48:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Tejesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tejesh)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logash-ip-address-in-elastic-search/207987/1 "2019-11-15T02:48:14Z")
i have 6 logstash instances processing events to elastic search .Is there a way that i can get the Logstash ip from which the event is processed to elastic search as a field
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logash-ip-address-in-elastic-search/207987/2 "2019-11-15T14:43:19Z")
You could set the IP address as an environment variable for the logstash process then reference it from mutate+add\_field.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logash-ip-address-in-elastic-search/207987/3 "2019-12-13T14:43:19Z")
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