# Service wont run with "Environment Variable"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-wont-run-with-environment-variable/294124>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-wont-run-with-environment-variable/294124 "2022-01-12T08:32:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-wont-run-with-environment-variable/294124/1 "2022-01-12T08:32:06Z")

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Hi dears,

I have a secure cluster with some services such as Kibana, Metricbeat, APM-server, Elastic Agent and...  
In their `config.yml` I have user/pass for Elasticsearch:

```auto
output: elasticsearch
hosts: "[my_hosts]"
username: "elastic"
password: ${ES_PASSWORD}

```

I defined an environment variable:  
`export ES_PASSWORD='El@sticpA$$word'`

The result of `echo $ES_PASSWORD` is:  
El@sticpA$$word

But when I want to start that service, for instance:  
`service kibana restart`  
service doesn't run because of Elasticsearch authentication error...!

I'm using version 7.16.2 for all the services  
According to documentations each service can handle "Environment Variable" in the `.yml` file

Kind regards

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**Author:** ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-wont-run-with-environment-variable/294124/2 "2022-01-15T11:49:26Z")

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I found it...

The correct syntax is $ES\_PASSWORD not ${ES\_PASSWORD}

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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:** [February 12, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-wont-run-with-environment-variable/294124/3 "2022-02-12T11:49:37Z")

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