docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes

Ready to use lean (146MB) Elasticsearch Docker image ready for using within a Kubernetes cluster.

Current software

OpenJDK JRE 8u92
Elasticsearch 2.4.1
Kubernetes discovery plug-in 2.4.1

Run

See pires/kubernetes-elasticsearch-cluster for instructions on how to run, scale and use Elasticsearch on Kubernetes.

Environment variables

This image can be configured by means of environment variables, that one can set on a Deployment.

Besides the inherited ones, this container image provides the following:

DISCOVERY_SERVICE
NAMESPACE
[CACHE_EXPIRATION_MS] (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.4/index-modules-shard-query-cache.html#_cache_settings)