It worked for me.
I just ran:
docker run -d -p 9200:9200 --name elasticsearch -e "http.host=0.0.0.0" -e "transport.host=127.0.0.1" -e "xpack.security.enabled=false" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:5.2.2
curl 127.0.0.1:9200
And got:
{
"name" : "NA9O7g6",
"cluster_name" : "docker-cluster",
"cluster_uuid" : "4c9iUQZSTN2XlRb_7wnY4g",
"version" : {
"number" : "5.2.2",
"build_hash" : "f9d9b74",
"build_date" : "2017-02-24T17:26:45.835Z",
"build_snapshot" : false,
"lucene_version" : "6.4.1"
},
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}