diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/home/components/tutorial/replace_template_strings.js b/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/home/components/tutorial/replace_template_strings.js
index 6b35c493a48904..2441bb60bc9396 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/home/components/tutorial/replace_template_strings.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/home/components/tutorial/replace_template_strings.js
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 import Mustache from 'mustache';
 import { metadata } from 'ui/metadata';
+import {
+  DOC_LINK_VERSION,
+  ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL,
+  documentationLinks
+} from 'ui/documentation_links/documentation_links';
 
 const TEMPLATE_TAGS = ['{', '}'];
 
 export function replaceTemplateStrings(text) {
   const variables = {
     config: {
+      docs: {
+        base_url: ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL,
+        beats: {
+          filebeat: documentationLinks.filebeat.base,
+          metricbeat: documentationLinks.metricbeat.base
+        },
+        version: DOC_LINK_VERSION
+      },
       kibana: {
         version: metadata.version
       }
diff --git a/src/ui/public/documentation_links/documentation_links.js b/src/ui/public/documentation_links/documentation_links.js
index a776994d629bce..c0acb981a49ae1 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/documentation_links/documentation_links.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/documentation_links/documentation_links.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL = 'https://www.elastic.co/';
 
 export const documentationLinks = {
   filebeat: {
+    base: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/beats/filebeat/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/`,
     installation: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/beats/filebeat/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/filebeat-installation.html`,
     configuration: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/beats/filebeat/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/filebeat-configuration.html`,
     elasticsearchOutput: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/beats/filebeat/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/elasticsearch-output.html`,
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ export const documentationLinks = {
     startup: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/beats/filebeat/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/filebeat-starting.html`,
     exportedFields: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/beats/filebeat/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/exported-fields.html`
   },
+  metricbeat: {
+    base: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/beats/metricbeat/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/`
+  },
   scriptedFields: {
     scriptFields: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/search-request-script-fields.html`,
     scriptAggs: `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/search-aggregations.html#_values_source`,