Multiple nodes in a single Ubuntu host with Debian package based install

[Citeyes]

Hello community,
I have installed elastic 7 and Kibana in a ubuntu host for dev purpose. I need to run multiple nodes under this unique host. However I installed elastic using apt install (Debian package) method ending up having the default configuration and home folder etc (/etc/elasticsearch, /usr/share/elasticsearch ) as documented here

So far all documentations I found regarding setting up multiple nodes are mentioning installing manually different directories.
Do we have a documentation about how to configure multiple nodes using the Debian package based install ?

[warkolm (Mark Walkom)]

Welcome to our community!

There's no official way to do this, as the assumption is a single host per package. Usually we'd recommend using docker containers for this. Alternatively I know that some configuration management tools (eg Ansible) can config and run multiple instances.

[Citeyes]

Thank your your welcoming and the information
This page is stating that "Note that we do not support anymore installation of more than one node in the same host" . #sadtime
What do you usually recommend with docker ? Install docker in the ubuntu host and create an instance for each host? Would that work with a basic license?

[warkolm (Mark Walkom)]

You can run multiple docker instances on a single host if you have the resources.

[Citeyes]

Would that work with a basic license ?

[warkolm (Mark Walkom)]

100%!