Walking through the github project for an air-gappable Elastic cluster in Docker Compose

09/07/2024 39 min

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Episode Synopsis

Github Project:
https://github.com/Xzeryn/Elastic-Stack-Docker

Summary
Nathan Stacey, Scott Karter and Frank Gutierrez discuss their project of building a simplified and easy way to set up the Elastic Stack using Docker Compose. They explain the motivation behind creating this project, which is to provide a simple and accessible way for users to deploy Elastic for education, proof of concept, and air-gapped environments. They walk through the installation process and highlight the different profiles and components involved. They also discuss future plans, including adding support for Podman, exploring different cluster architectures, and incorporating Elastic's Rally for benchmarking.

Takeaways

Scott and Frank have built a simplified and accessible way to set up the Elastic Stack using Docker
The project is aimed at providing an easy way to deploy Elastic for education, proof of concept, and air-gapped environments
They walk through the installation process and highlight the different profiles and components involved
Future plans include adding support for Podman, exploring different cluster architectures, and incorporating Elastic's Rally for benchmarking


Benchmarking Elastic Stack with Rally
Simplified Deployment of Elastic Stack with Docker


"A simplified and easy way to get the elastic stack set up"
"We chose the way that we think you could get started to educate yourself or to deploy it for a POC or to deploy it in an air gap environment, the simplest way"
"To get the whole solution installed on AirGap, it's a single product"

Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Project Overview
02:11 Motivation for Building the Solution
04:55 Elastic Package Repository and Elastic Artifact Repository
08:20 Future Iterations and Plans
19:44 Code Overview and Repository
27:03 Future Use Cases and Enhancements