logstash attempting to connect to elasticsearch instead of loki as output - logstash

Question

my logstash is running on kubernetes, logstash attempting to connect to elasticsearch instead of loki as output even if i used
XPACK_MONITORING_ENABLED: false in the env.
logstash.yml: |
http.host: "0.0.0.0"
log.level: debug
xpack.monitoring.enabled: false
path.config: /usr/share/logstash/pipeline
logstash.conf: |
input {
file{
path => "/var/log/containers/*.log"
}
}
filter {
kubernetes {
source => "path"
target => "loki"
}
}
output {
stdout { codec => rubydebug}
loki {
url => "http://loki-loki-distributed-distributor.loki-benchmark.svc.cluster.local:3100/loki/api/v1/push"
}
}
console output
[2022-12-13T06:31:40,411][ERROR][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Unable to retrieve license information from license server {:message=>"No Available connections"}
[2022-12-13T06:31:50,775][WARN ][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Attempted to resurrect connection to dead ES instance, but got an error. {:url=>"http://elasticsearch:9200/", :error_type=>LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::HostUnreachableError, :error=>"Elasticsearch Unreachable: [http://elasticsearch:9200/][Manticore::ResolutionFailure] elasticsearch: Name or service not known"}
[2022-12-13T06:32:10,414][ERROR][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Unable to retrieve license information from license server {:message=>"No Available connections"}
[2022-12-13T06:32:20,910][WARN ][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Attempted to resurrect connection to dead ES instance, but got an error. {:url=>"http://elasticsearch:9200/", :error_type=>LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::HostUnreachableError, :error=>"Elasticsearch Unreachable: [http://elasticsearch:9200/][Manticore::ResolutionFailure] elasticsearch: Name or service not known"}
[2022-12-13T06:32:40,412][ERROR][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Unable to retrieve license information from license server {:message=>"No Available connections"}
[2022-12-13T06:32:50,998][WARN ][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Attempted to resurrect connection to dead ES instance, but got an error. {:url=>"http://elasticsearch:9200/", :error_type=>LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::HostUnreachableError, :error=>"Elasticsearch Unreachable: [http://elasticsearch:9200/][Manticore::ResolutionFailure] elasticsearch: Name or service not known"}
[2022-12-13T06:33:10,410][ERROR][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Unable to retrieve license information from license server {:message=>"No Available connections"}
[2022-12-13T06:33:21,328][WARN ][logstash.licensechecker.licensereader] Attempted to resurrect connection to dead ES instance, but got an error. {:url=>"http://elasticsearch:9200/", :error_type=>LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::HostUnreachableError, :error=>"Elasticsearch Unreachable: [http://elasticsearch:9200/][Manticore::ResolutionFailure] elasticsearch: Name or service not known"}
kubernetes config
image: "grafana/logstash-output-loki:1.0.1"
imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
command:
- '/bin/sh'
- '-c'
- 'logstash-plugin install --no-verify logstash-filter-kubernetes && logstash -f /usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf'