andrekgb / docker_elasticsearch_grafana

Reference

• https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html
• https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/installation/configure-docker/

Setting up local environment using Docker

1. Go to http://docker.com and install the software
2. Place the docker-compose.yaml file in a folder in your drive
3. Go to this folder in your terminal (mac) or cmd on windows
4. Create the folder data/elastic and data/grafana in the same folder where the docker-compose.yml is
5. Execute this command docker-compose up -d
6. wait for everything to download and then access : http://localhost:3000 . Grafana default credentials are admin/admin
7. Elastic Search will be available at http://localhost:9200

After you finish your days os work, or you just want to stop the running containers:

• To Stop all containers: docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)

After you finish the project and you just want to delete the containers and its data:

• To remove all containers and its data (be careful): docker-compose down --volumes

Notes (docker)

After you make the changes to the docker-compose file you'll have to compile it again: docker-compose up -d --build

##Running commands inside the container

• docker exec -it <container_id_or_name> echo "I'm inside the container!"
• docker exec -it grafana ls

How to find the internal network IP of the Elastic Search instance so you can connect with grafana

• docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' es01 You will need this when connecting Grafana to Elastic Search