# ElasticSearch container is not being created using Docker compose

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-container-is-not-being-created-using-docker-compose/198214>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-container-is-not-being-created-using-docker-compose/198214 "2019-09-05T09:46:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-container-is-not-being-created-using-docker-compose/198214/1 "2019-09-05T09:46:00Z")

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Hi , I am trying to run ELK stack with filebeat on VM installed on windows machine. When I run the docker-compose up command , filebeat and kibana containers are getting created while elasticsearch container not being created. Not sure what is the reason , please see the docker-compose.yml file

version: '2'  
services:  
elasticsearch:  
image: [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-oss:6.3.0](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-oss:6.3.0)  
container\_name: elasticsearch  
hostname: elasticsearch  
environment:  
# - http.host=0.0.0.0  
# - transport.host=0.0.0.0  
- bootstrap.memory\_lock=true  
- "ES\_JAVA\_OPTS=-Xmx1024m -Xmx1024m"  
volumes:  
- esdata:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data  
- ./elasticsearch.yml:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml  
ports:  
- 9200:9200  
- 9300:9300  
ulimits:  
memlock:  
soft: -1  
hard: -1  
nofile:  
soft: 65536  
hard: 65536  
mem\_limit: 6g

```
# deploy:
# resources:
# limits:
# cpus: '0.50'
# memory: 4g
# reservations:
# cpus: '0.25'
# memory: 2g
# healthcheck:
# test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl --silent --fail localhost:9200/_cluster/health || exit 1"]
# interval: 30s
# timeout: 30s
# retries: 5
# cap_add:
# - IPC_LOCK
# healthcheck:
# test: ["CMD", "curl","-s" ,"-f", "-u", "elastic:${ES_PASSWORD}", "http://localhost:9200/_cat/health"]

```

kibana:  
image: [docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana-oss:6.3.0](http://docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana-oss:6.3.0)  
container\_name: kibana  
environment:  
- SERVER\_HOST=0.0.0.0  
volumes:  
- ./kibana.yml:/usr/share/kibana/config/kibana.yml  
ports:  
- 5601:5601  
links:  
- elasticsearch  
depends\_on:  
- elasticsearch # { condition: service\_healthy }  
mem\_limit: 512m

```
# environment:
# healthcheck:
# test: ["CMD", "curl", "-s", "-f", "http://localhost:5601/"]
# interval: 30s
# timeout: 30s
# retries: 5

```

filebeat:  
container\_name: filebeat  
hostname: filebeat  
user: root  
image: [docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat-oss:6.3.0](http://docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat-oss:6.3.0)  
command: filebeat -e -strict.perms=false  
links:  
- elasticsearch  
- kibana  
# - logstash  
depends\_on:  
- elasticsearch # { condition: service\_healthy }  
- kibana # { condition: service\_healthy }  
# - logstash  
mem\_limit: 512m  
volumes:  
- ./fbdata:/usr/share/filebeat/data/  
- ./fblogs:/usr/share/filebeat/logs/

```
  - ./filebeat.yml:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml

  - ../logfiles/analiz/prod/stdios/:/var/log/prod/stdios
  # - ../logfiles/analiz/test/stdios/:/var/log/test/stdios

  # - ../logfiles/trans/prod/mdblogs/:/var/log/prod/mdblogs

  #- ../logfiles/tracked/prod/logger-service/:/var/log/prod/logger-service # only prod

  # these may be prod, test, uat, etc..
  # - ../logfiles/tracked/prod/sitevisits-cloud/:/var/log/prod/sitevisits-cloud
  # - ../logfiles/tracked/prod/ctms-connector/:/var/log/prod/ctms_connector
  # - ../logfiles/tracked/prod/sso-service/:/var/log/prod/sso-service

  # - ../logfiles/tracked/prod/svr-cloud/:/var/log/prod/svr-cloud
  # - ../logfiles/tracked/prod/ctms-connector-svr/:/var/log/prod/ctms_connector-svr
  # - ../logfiles/tracked/prod/sitevisits-app-mobile/:/var/log/prod/sitevisits-app-mobile
  # - ../logfiles/tracked/prod/svr-app-mobile/:/var/log/prod/svr-app-mobile

  # Named volume fsdata. This is used to persist the registry file between restarts, so to avoid data duplication
  # - fbdata:/usr/share/filebeat/data/

# command: filebeat -e -E output.elasticsearch.username=elastic -E output.elasticsearch.password=${ES_PASSWORD} -strict.perms=false
# restart: on-failure

```

# logstash:

# image: [docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash-oss:6.3.0](http://docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash-oss:6.3.0)

# container\_name: logstash

# hostname: logstash

# volumes:

# - ./pipeline/:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/:ro

# - ./patterns-custom.yml:/usr/share/logstash/config/patterns/patterns-custom.yml

# # - ./logstash/config/logstash.yml:/usr/share/logstash/config/logstash.yml:ro

# ports:

# - 5400:5400

# links:

# - elasticsearch

# depends\_on:

# - elasticsearch

# # command: logstash -f /usr/share/logstash/config/logstash.conf

# headPlugin:

# image: mobz/elasticsearch-head:5

# container\_name: head\_540

# ports:

# - 9100:9100

volumes:  
esdata:  
driver: local  
fbdata:  
driver: local  
fblogs:  
driver: local

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-container-is-not-being-created-using-docker-compose/198214/2 "2019-10-03T09:46:05Z")

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