# LXC container size

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 3, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036 "2016-10-03T08:48:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![syswombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@syswombat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syswombat)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/1 "2016-10-03T08:48:39Z")

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Hello  
on a Small Network i would like to Install, Config and use Logtash.  
if i define a LXC Container how much size (Disk) would i Need, more or less?  
have a nice day  
vinc

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/2 "2016-10-03T11:54:08Z")

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Need for what exactly?

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**Author:** ![syswombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@syswombat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syswombat)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/3 "2016-10-05T20:27:06Z")

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for a test i would like to install Logtash, kibana and Elasticsearch v5 on a LXC Container to test in on a small network.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/4 "2016-10-05T21:41:59Z")

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Dunno, 100GB?

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**Author:** ![syswombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@syswombat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syswombat)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/5 "2016-10-06T20:39:37Z")

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Merci  
i started on my LXC container, and not v5 !  
the tutorial i use [https://www.atlantic.net/community/howto/install-elk-stack-on-debian-8/](https://www.atlantic.net/community/howto/install-elk-stack-on-debian-8/)

when doing a systemctl daemon-reload  
i got a  
root@elk-01:/etc/elasticsearch# systemctl status elasticsearch.service  
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/6 "2016-10-07T01:33:01Z")

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Check the logs, there should be something.

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**Author:** ![jakommo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jakommo/32/6716_2.png) [@jakommo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jakommo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/7 "2016-10-07T13:08:46Z")

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@syswombat seems to be an issue of the debain image and not related to Elasticsearch. See [https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/979](https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/979) and [https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/1911](https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/1911)

Just use another distro image.

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**Author:** ![syswombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@syswombat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syswombat)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/8 "2016-10-07T17:11:57Z")

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@jakommo  
you are right - other Tutorial are working - more or less ;-(

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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 6, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lxc-container-size/62036/9 "2017-07-06T04:35:12Z")

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