How to run a local Elasticsearch using Docker (in under 5 min)?

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Elasticsearch is a document based database that boasts excellent search speeds. Let’s set it up. There are a few ingredients in order to use elasticsearch accordingly. These include

• Networks
• Services — Elastic and Kibana

A full guide on this subject matter is available from the official elasticsearch documentation.

Create a network

docker network create elastic

Create an elastic service

docker run --name es01 --net elastic -p 9200:9200 -it -m 1GB docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.14.3

Get password

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✅ Elasticsearch security features have been automatically configured!
✅ Authentication is enabled and cluster connections are encrypted.

ℹ️  Password for the elastic user (reset with `bin/elasticsearch-reset-password -u elastic`):
  fY=VNDEBfDe9Y=I_u+5J

ℹ️  HTTP CA certificate SHA-256 fingerprint:
  9f9219ad6783c82b67f5d680344ec001b3f58fe653219c77801bf08103045313

ℹ️  Configure Kibana to use this cluster:
• Run Kibana and…