Is it possible to point out to a synonm file outside a docker image

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I think my question is composed of two parts:

  1. Is there a way for elasticsearch (using synonyms_path parameter) to point out to an external synonym files ?

  2. If yes, how can we do that using an elasticserch installed in a docker image ? (this one is not an ES related question though)

I'm asking because I have an ES installed in a docker image and I don't want to modify it.

Thank you !

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Concerning the first question, I tried:

  • Using a remote URL
  • Specifying an external (local) path e.g /home/user_name/synonyms.txt

Both of this approaches didn't work mainly for security reasons (more details here and here)

Now I'll try to use docker volume and see hos it goes.

Update:

Yes, docker volumes solved my problem, In docker-compose.yml I mounted the directory containing synonyms files (host) to /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/synonyms inside ES docker image using the shot syntax.

Hope this helps someone else.