thilas/elasticsearch-azure repository overview

⁠ElasticSearch Docker Container for Azure

ElasticSearch docker container that supports Azure Container Instances⁠.

Basically it overrides the official container⁠ and allows to set ElasticSearch configuration variables⁠ that contains dots (.) by replacing them with triple underscore (___). Example: discovery___type=single-node instead of discovery.type=single-node.

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⁠Usage

Here are some snippets to help get started creating a docker container.

⁠docker

docker create \
  --name=elasticsearch-azure \
  -e discovery___type=single-node \
  -e ELASTIC_PASSWORD=PleaseChangeMe \
  -e xpack___license___self_generated___type=trial \
  -e xpack___security___enabled=true \
  -p 9200:9200 \
  -p 9300:9300 \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -m 2g \
  thilas/elasticsearch-azure

⁠Parameters

See ElasticSearch configuration variables⁠. Just replace all dots (.) in variable names by triple underscore (___).

Example: discovery___type=single-node instead of discovery.type=single-node.

⁠Support Info

• Shell access on the container: docker exec -it elasticsearch-azure /bin/bash
• Realtime logs of the container: docker logs -f elasticsearch-azure

⁠Updating Info

Here are some instructions to update an existing container.

⁠docker

• Update the image: docker pull thilas/elasticsearch-azure
• Stop the running container: docker stop elasticsearch-azure
• Delete the container: docker rm elasticsearch-azure
• Recreate a new container with the same docker create parameters as instructed above
• Start the new container: docker start elasticsearch-azure
• You can also remove the old dangling images: docker image prune

⁠docker-compose

• Update all images: docker-compose pull
  • or update a single image: docker-compose pull elasticsearch-azure
• Let compose update all containers as necessary: docker-compose up -d
  • or update a single container: docker-compose up -d elasticsearch-azure
• You can also remove the old dangling images: docker image prune