Elasticsearch Docker Image

Docker image for running an Elasticsearch instance.

Building and Running

1. git clone https://github.com/DockerDemos/ElasticSearch

2. cd ElasticSearch

3. docker build -t elastic . <-- note the period on the end

4. Start with:

   docker run -p 9200:9200
   -v <host_data_storage_path>:/var/lib/elasticsearch
   -e ELASTIC_CONFIG_NETWORK_HOST=

   
   --name elastic
   -d elastic

The "host_data_storage_path" is the directory on the host in which you will store the persistent data. The "ELASTIC_CONFIG_NETWORK_HOST" variable is the address you want ElasticSearch to listen for connections on (usually 0.0.0.0, or 127.0.0.1, depending on if it will be a stand-alone, or linked container instance). The ELASTIC_CONFIG_NETWORK_HOST will default to 127.0.0.1 if nothing is specified.

You now have an Elasticsearch instance running, listening on port 9200.

Testing

Put some info in:

curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy' -d '{ "name" : "Shay Banon" }'

Get it back out:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy?pretty=true'