Elastic Stack on Docker

Here’s a simple way to create and experiment with ELK Stack on Docker. There are probably millions of ways you can setup ELK on Docker, this build is purely for testing and this setup does not rely on any external dependencies.

Why use ELK Stack?

• It’s free and open-source, meaning no up-front purchases are required and there are no ongoing software licensing fees. As long as we have the hardware to support it.
• Centralized Logging Capabilities.
• Real-Time Data Analysis & Visualization.

This build is based upon -> https://github.com/deviantony/docker-elk

Initial set-up:

• Ensure that docker is configured on your server.

docker info

• Currently using server from www.ssdnodes.com, love their platform. Easy to use and create your instances for less compare to other providers.

Clone repo:

git clone https://github.com/deviantony/docker-elk.git

• After cloning, change directory to docker-elk/
• Then run the compose command to initialize the Elasticsearch users and groups