# Docker volume for Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-volume-for-elasticsearch/34356>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 11, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-volume-for-elasticsearch/34356 "2015-11-11T22:08:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kmroz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmroz/32/62741_2.png) [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-volume-for-elasticsearch/34356/1 "2015-11-11T22:08:04Z")

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I am using docker to host the ELK stack. One issue I am running into is that the elasticsearch indicies take up alot of space. I tried using -v(volume) and point that to the host. What it seems is that elasticsearch doesn't start when I do this. I receive this message in the logstash logs: **logstash :message=\>"retrying failed action with response code: 503"**. Any other solutions to what I can do to manage data? Thanks

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-volume-for-elasticsearch/34356/2 "2015-11-12T04:34:54Z")

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What do the Elasticsearch logs say?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-volume-for-elasticsearch/34356/3 "2017-07-05T23:39:04Z")

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