elasticsearch-docker

Adapted from https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html to use docker-compose v2.1, and include an image for Kibana.

Note, as per the linked instructions, you will need to ensure your sysctl vm.max_map_count is at least 262144 on the host (i.e. your machine) before starting up:

sysctl vm.max_map_count=262144

docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml build
docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up

Test it's working (default password for user elastic is changeme):

curl -u elastic http://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/health

With Kibana running too, visit localhost:5601/ (and localhost:5601/status) to interface with Elasticsearch visually.

Notes

• Something I found useful for upgrading docker-engine (needs to be ≥1.12.0): https://gist.github.com/indykish/a6facea4748dc578abbaf2b09065ead5
• I also had to upgrade docker-compose (just reinstalled with pip)
• On restart, you might get dangling indexes. For development purposes, once you have the stack running, you can use http://localhost:9200/_all to delete all indices. (Be careful! To disable this ability to remove all indices without naming them, action.destructive_requires_name=true can be used in an elasticsearch.yml settings file. Read more about setting up Elasticsearch here.)