Docker commands to run ELK stack with data persistence and container linking

ELK-Docker.md

#####Elasticsearch docker run -d --name elasticsearch -v /srv/elasticsearch/config:/etc/elasticsearch -v /srv/elasticsearch/data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data elasticsearch

#####Kibana docker run -d --name kibana --link elasticsearch:elasticsearch -p 5601:5601 kibana

#####Logstash Place the logstash.conf file in this gist into the container host's /srv/logstash/log folder, then run:

docker run -d --name logstash --link elasticsearch:elasticsearch -p 6666:6666 -v /srv/logstash/config:/config-dir -v /srv/logstash/log:/var/log/logstash logstash logstash -f /config-dir/logstash.conf

logstash.conf

input {
  tcp {
    port => 6666
    tags => ["tcp"]
    type => tcpData
  }
}

filter {
}

output {
  stdout {}
  elasticsearch {
    host => "elasticsearch"
    protocol => "http"
  }
}