diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index b6870de277a..af9d2668357 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 *Filebeat*
 - Fix a connection error in httpjson input. {pull}16123[16123]
 - Fix mapping error for cloudtrail additionalEventData field {pull}16088[16088]
+- Adding the var definitions in azure manifest files, fix for errors when executing command setup. {issue}16270[16270] {pull}16468[16468]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/activitylogs/manifest.yml b/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/activitylogs/manifest.yml
index a051a0138ba..7375b6e42a4 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/activitylogs/manifest.yml
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/activitylogs/manifest.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ var:
     default: "insights-operational-logs"
   - name: consumer_group
     default: "$Default"
+  - name: connection_string
+  - name: storage_account
+  - name: storage_account_key
 
 ingest_pipeline:
   - ingest/pipeline.json
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/auditlogs/manifest.yml b/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/auditlogs/manifest.yml
index d1379f19f3e..d6cd469718b 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/auditlogs/manifest.yml
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/auditlogs/manifest.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ var:
     default: "insights-logs-auditlogs"
   - name: consumer_group
     default: "$Default"
+  - name: connection_string
+  - name: storage_account
+  - name: storage_account_key
 
 ingest_pipeline:
   - ingest/pipeline.json
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/signinlogs/manifest.yml b/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/signinlogs/manifest.yml
index 75183ed9290..f68109af4a1 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/signinlogs/manifest.yml
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/azure/signinlogs/manifest.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ var:
     default: "insights-logs-signinlogs"
   - name: consumer_group
     default: "$Default"
+  - name: connection_string
+  - name: storage_account
+  - name: storage_account_key
 
 ingest_pipeline:
   - ingest/pipeline.json