ft-interactive/docker-elk

Name: docker-elk

Owner: FT Interactive News

Description: The ELK stack powered by Docker and Compose.

Forked from: deviantony/docker-elk

Created: 2017-01-16 15:46:21.0

Updated: 2017-01-18 15:54:22.0

Pushed: 2017-01-19 09:25:40.0

Homepage:

Size: 80

Language: JavaScript

GitHub Committers

UserMost Recent Commit# Commits

Other Committers

UserEmailMost Recent Commit# Commits

README

Docker ELK stack

Join the chat at https://gitter.im/deviantony/docker-elk

Run the latest version of the ELK (Elasticseach, Logstash, Kibana) stack with Docker and Docker-compose.

It will give you the ability to analyze any data set by using the searching/aggregation capabilities of Elasticseach and the visualization power of Kibana.

Based on the official images:

Note: Other branches in this project are available:

Requirements

Setup
  1. Install Docker.
  2. Install Docker-compose version >= 1.6.
  3. Clone this repository
Increase max_map_count on your host (Linux)

You need to increase max_map_count on your Docker host:

do sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
SELinux

On distributions which have SELinux enabled out-of-the-box you will need to either re-context the files or set SELinux into Permissive mode in order for docker-elk to start properly. For example on Redhat and CentOS, the following will apply the proper context:

ot@centos ~
hcon -R system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 docker-elk/

Usage

Start the ELK stack using docker-compose:

cker-compose up

You can also choose to run it in background (detached mode):

cker-compose up -d

Now that the stack is running, you'll want to inject logs in it. The shipped logstash configuration allows you to send content via tcp:

 localhost 5000 < /path/to/logfile.log

And then access Kibana UI by hitting http://localhost:5601 with a web browser.

NOTE: You'll need to inject data into logstash before being able to create a logstash index in Kibana. Then all you should have to do is to hit the create button.

See: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/setup.html#connect

By default, the stack exposes the following ports:

WARNING: If you're using boot2docker, you must access it via the boot2docker IP address instead of localhost.

WARNING: If you're using Docker Toolbox, you must access it via the docker-machine IP address instead of localhost.

Configuration

NOTE: Configuration is not dynamically reloaded, you will need to restart the stack after any change in the configuration of a component.

How can I tune Kibana configuration?

The Kibana default configuration is stored in kibana/config/kibana.yml.

How can I tune Logstash configuration?

The logstash configuration is stored in logstash/config/logstash.conf.

The folder logstash/config is mapped onto the container /etc/logstash/conf.d so you can create more than one file in that folder if you'd like to. However, you must be aware that config files will be read from the directory in alphabetical order.

How can I specify the amount of memory used by Logstash?

The Logstash container use the LS_HEAP_SIZE environment variable to determine how much memory should be associated to the JVM heap memory (defaults to 500m).

If you want to override the default configuration, add the LS_HEAP_SIZE environment variable to the container in the docker-compose.yml:

tash:
ild: logstash/
mmand: -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/
lumes:
- ./logstash/config:/etc/logstash/conf.d
rts:
- "5000:5000"
tworks:
- docker_elk
pends_on:
- elasticsearch
vironment:
- LS_HEAP_SIZE=2048m
How can I add Logstash plugins?

To add plugins to logstash you have to:

  1. Add a RUN statement to the logstash/Dockerfile (ex. RUN logstash-plugin install logstash-filter-json)
  2. Add the associated plugin code configuration to the logstash/config/logstash.conf file
How can I enable a remote JMX connection to Logstash?

As for the Java heap memory, another environment variable allows to specify JAVA_OPTS used by Logstash. You'll need to specify the appropriate options to enable JMX and map the JMX port on the docker host.

Update the container in the docker-compose.yml to add the LS_JAVA_OPTS environment variable with the following content (I've mapped the JMX service on the port 18080, you can change that), do not forget to update the -Djava.rmi.server.hostname option with the IP address of your Docker host (replace DOCKER_HOST_IP):

tash:
ild: logstash/
mmand: -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/
lumes:
- ./logstash/config:/etc/logstash/conf.d
rts:
- "5000:5000"
tworks:
- docker_elk
pends_on:
- elasticsearch
vironment:
- LS_JAVA_OPTS=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=18080 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=18080 -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=DOCKER_HOST_IP -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false
How can I tune Elasticsearch configuration?

The Elasticsearch container is using the shipped configuration and it is not exposed by default.

If you want to override the default configuration, create a file elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml and add your configuration in it.

Then, you'll need to map your configuration file inside the container in the docker-compose.yml. Update the elasticsearch container declaration to:

ticsearch:
ild: elasticsearch/
rts:
- "9200:9200"
- "9300:9300"
vironment:
ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
tworks:
- docker_elk
lumes:
- ./elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml

You can also specify the options you want to override directly in the command field:

ticsearch:
ild: elasticsearch/
mmand: elasticsearch -Des.network.host=_non_loopback_ -Des.cluster.name: my-cluster
rts:
- "9200:9200"
- "9300:9300"
vironment:
ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
tworks:
- docker_elk

Storage

How can I store Elasticsearch data?

The data stored in Elasticsearch will be persisted after container reboot but not after container removal.

In order to persist Elasticsearch data even after removing the Elasticsearch container, you'll have to mount a volume on your Docker host. Update the elasticsearch container declaration to:

ticsearch:
ild: elasticsearch/
mmand: elasticsearch -Des.network.host=_non_loopback_ -Des.cluster.name: my-cluster
rts:
- "9200:9200"
- "9300:9300"
vironment:
ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
tworks:
- docker_elk
lumes:
- /path/to/storage:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data

This will store elasticsearch data inside /path/to/storage.


This work is supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant Number U24TR002306. This work is solely the responsibility of the creators and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.