Setting Up Elasticsearch and Kibana with Docker

Set up an Elasticsearch and Kibana environment using Docker Compose. Covers what ES clusters and nodes are, a working docker-compose.yml configuration, and initial connectivity setup.

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Overview

A brief summary of Elasticsearch and setting up the environment with Docker.

What is Elasticsearch

A distributed RESTful search/analytics engine
- Capable of not only full-text search but also analytics
Near real-time search platform
Cluster
- A collection of one or more nodes (servers) that collectively hold your entire data
- Provides integrated indexing and search capabilities across all nodes
Node
- A single server within a cluster that stores data

Setting Up the Environment with Docker

Set up an environment where Elasticsearch and Kibana can be used.

docker-compose.yml

elasticsearch:
  image: elasticsearch:5
  ports:
    - 9200:9200
    - 9300:9300
  volumes:
    - ./elasticsearch/data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/
kibana:
  image: kibana:5
  ports:
    - 5601:5601
  links:
    - elasticsearch
  environment:
    - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://127.0.0.1:9200