Install Elasticsearch and Kibana in docker

Install Elasticsearch and Kibana in docker is very simple and quick. Use docker-compose cmd tool in a few minutes.

vm.max_map_count setting needs to be set to at 262144 production use. Depending on your platform:

• Linux

The vm.max_map_count setting should be set permanently in /etc/sysctl.conf:

$ grep vm.max_map_count /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.max_map_count=262144

• macOS with Docker for Mac

The vm.max_map_count setting must be set within the xhyve virtual machine:

$ screen ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0/tty

Just press enter and configure the sysctl setting as you would for Linux:

sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

• Windows and macOS with Docker Toolbox

The vm.max_map_count setting must be set via docker-machine:

docker-machine ssh
sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

docker-compose.yml

version: '2.2'
services:
  elasticsearch:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.6.1
    container_name: elasticsearch
    environment:
      - cluster.name=docker-cluster
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
    ulimits:
      memlock:
        soft: -1
        hard: -1
    volumes:
      - ./esdata1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    ports:
      - 9200:9200
    networks:
      - esnet
  elasticsearch2:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.6.1
    container_name: elasticsearch2
    environment:
      - cluster.name=docker-cluster
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
      - "discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts=elasticsearch"
    ulimits:
      memlock:
        soft: -1
        hard: -1
    volumes:
      - ./esdata2:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    networks:
      - esnet
  kibana:
    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.6.1
    container_name: kibana
    volumes:
      - ./kibana.yml:/usr/share/kibana/config/kibana.yml  
    ports:
      - 5601:5601
    networks:
      - esnet
volumes:
  esdata1:
    driver: local
  esdata2:
    driver: local

networks:
  esnet:

kibana.yml

---
# Default Kibana configuration from kibana-docker.

server.name: kibana
server.host: "0"
elasticsearch.url: http://elasticsearch:9200
xpack.monitoring.ui.container.elasticsearch.enabled: true

The following example brings up a cluster comprising two Elasticsearch nodes. To bring up the cluster, use the docker-compose.yml and just type:

docker-compose up