Problems spinning up the docker compose example

Hello,

I'm following the instructions on Start a multi-node cluster with Docker Compose.

I believe I have set up everything correctly.

My .env file looks like this:

# Password for the 'elastic' user (at least 6 characters)
ELASTIC_PASSWORD=elastic

# Password for the 'kibana_system' user (at least 6 characters)
KIBANA_PASSWORD=kibana

# Version of Elastic products
STACK_VERSION=8.8.1

# Set the cluster name
CLUSTER_NAME=docker-cluster

# Set to 'basic' or 'trial' to automatically start the 30-day trial
LICENSE=basic
#LICENSE=trial

# Port to expose Elasticsearch HTTP API to the host
ES_PORT=9200
#ES_PORT=127.0.0.1:9200

# Port to expose Kibana to the host
KIBANA_PORT=5601
#KIBANA_PORT=80

# Increase or decrease based on the available host memory (in bytes)
MEM_LIMIT=1073741824

# Project namespace (defaults to the current folder name if not set)
#COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=myproject

The dockerc-compose.yml file looks like this:

version: "2.2"

services:
  setup:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
    user: "0"
    command: >
      bash -c '
        if [ x${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} == x ]; then
          echo "Set the ELASTIC_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
          exit 1;
        elif [ x${KIBANA_PASSWORD} == x ]; then
          echo "Set the KIBANA_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
          exit 1;
        fi;
        if [ ! -f config/certs/ca.zip ]; then
          echo "Creating CA";
          bin/elasticsearch-certutil ca --silent --pem -out config/certs/ca.zip;
          unzip config/certs/ca.zip -d config/certs;
        fi;
        if [ ! -f config/certs/certs.zip ]; then
          echo "Creating certs";
          echo -ne \
          "instances:\n"\
          "  - name: es01\n"\
          "    dns:\n"\
          "      - es01\n"\
          "      - localhost\n"\
          "    ip:\n"\
          "      - 127.0.0.1\n"\
          "  - name: es02\n"\
          "    dns:\n"\
          "      - es02\n"\
          "      - localhost\n"\
          "    ip:\n"\
          "      - 127.0.0.1\n"\
          "  - name: es03\n"\
          "    dns:\n"\
          "      - es03\n"\
          "      - localhost\n"\
          "    ip:\n"\
          "      - 127.0.0.1\n"\
          > config/certs/instances.yml;
          bin/elasticsearch-certutil cert --silent --pem -out config/certs/certs.zip --in config/certs/instances.yml --ca-cert config/certs/ca/ca.crt --ca-key config/certs/ca/ca.key;
          unzip config/certs/certs.zip -d config/certs;
        fi;
        echo "Setting file permissions"
        chown -R root:root config/certs;
        find . -type d -exec chmod 750 \{\} \;;
        find . -type f -exec chmod 640 \{\} \;;
        echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
        until curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://es01:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 30; done;
        echo "Setting kibana_system password";
        until curl -s -X POST --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt -u "elastic:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://es01:9200/_security/user/kibana_system/_password -d "{\"password\":\"${KIBANA_PASSWORD}\"}" | grep -q "^{}"; do sleep 10; done;
        echo "All done!";
      '
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[ -f config/certs/es01/es01.crt ]"]
      interval: 1s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 120

  es01:
    depends_on:
      setup:
        condition: service_healthy
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
      - esdata01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    ports:
      - ${ES_PORT}:9200
    environment:
      - node.name=es01
      - cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01,es02,es03
      - discovery.seed_hosts=es02,es03
      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - xpack.security.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
    mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
    ulimits:
      memlock:
        soft: -1
        hard: -1
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD-SHELL",
          "curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
        ]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 120

  es02:
    depends_on:
      - es01
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
      - esdata02:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    environment:
      - node.name=es02
      - cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01,es02,es03
      - discovery.seed_hosts=es01,es03
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - xpack.security.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es02/es02.key
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es02/es02.crt
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es02/es02.key
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es02/es02.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
    mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
    ulimits:
      memlock:
        soft: -1
        hard: -1
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD-SHELL",
          "curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
        ]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 120

  es03:
    depends_on:
      - es02
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
      - esdata03:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    environment:
      - node.name=es03
      - cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01,es02,es03
      - discovery.seed_hosts=es01,es02
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - xpack.security.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es03/es03.key
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es03/es03.crt
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es03/es03.key
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es03/es03.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
    mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
    ulimits:
      memlock:
        soft: -1
        hard: -1
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD-SHELL",
          "curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
        ]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 120

  kibana:
    depends_on:
      es01:
        condition: service_healthy
      es02:
        condition: service_healthy
      es03:
        condition: service_healthy
    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:${STACK_VERSION}
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/kibana/config/certs
      - kibanadata:/usr/share/kibana/data
    ports:
      - ${KIBANA_PORT}:5601
    environment:
      - SERVERNAME=kibana
      - ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
      - ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=kibana_system
      - ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=${KIBANA_PASSWORD}
      - ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATEAUTHORITIES=config/certs/ca/ca.crt
    mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD-SHELL",
          "curl -s -I http://localhost:5601 | grep -q 'HTTP/1.1 302 Found'",
        ]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 120

volumes:
  certs:
    driver: local
  esdata01:
    driver: local
  esdata02:
    driver: local
  esdata03:
    driver: local
  kibanadata:
    driver: local

I run docker compose up and I get the following output:

āžœ  elastic_tutorial git:(main) āœ— docker compose up
[+] Building 0.0s (0/0)
[+] Running 11/11
 āœ” Network elastic_tutorial_default      Created                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 āœ” Volume "elastic_tutorial_certs"       Created                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 āœ” Volume "elastic_tutorial_kibanadata"  Created                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 āœ” Volume "elastic_tutorial_esdata01"    Created                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 āœ” Volume "elastic_tutorial_esdata02"    Created                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 āœ” Volume "elastic_tutorial_esdata03"    Created                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 āœ” Container elastic_tutorial-setup-1    Created                                                                                                                                       0.1s
 āœ” Container elastic_tutorial-es01-1     Created                                                                                                                                       0.1s
 āœ” Container elastic_tutorial-es02-1     Created                                                                                                                                       0.1s
 āœ” Container elastic_tutorial-es03-1     Created                                                                                                                                       0.1s
 āœ” Container elastic_tutorial-kibana-1   Created                                                                                                                                       0.1s
Attaching to elastic_tutorial-es01-1, elastic_tutorial-es02-1, elastic_tutorial-es03-1, elastic_tutorial-kibana-1, elastic_tutorial-setup-1
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   | Creating CA
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   | Archive:  config/certs/ca.zip
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |    creating: config/certs/ca/
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/ca/ca.crt
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/ca/ca.key
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   | Creating certs
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   | Archive:  config/certs/certs.zip
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |    creating: config/certs/es01/
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/es01/es01.crt
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/es01/es01.key
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |    creating: config/certs/es02/
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/es02/es02.crt
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/es02/es02.key
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |    creating: config/certs/es03/
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/es03/es03.crt
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   |   inflating: config/certs/es03/es03.key
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   | Setting file permissions
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   | Waiting for Elasticsearch availability

It appears as if the setup hangs at the last line.

This is the output from docker compose ps:

āžœ  elastic_tutorial git:(main) āœ— docker compose ps
NAME                       IMAGE                                                 COMMAND                  SERVICE             CREATED             STATUS                   PORTS
elastic_tutorial-setup-1   docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.8.1   "/bin/tini -- /usr/lā€¦"   setup               8 minutes ago       Up 8 minutes (healthy)   9200/tcp, 9300/tcp

Could you advise, if it's a matter of waiting much longer or there is another problem? How can I troubleshoot this?

Thank you.

Cheers,
Alexander

Hi @Sasho Welcome to the community.

I have occasionally seen the start-up hang.

I would recommend bringing it down, and remove all the mounted volumes (very important) and try again.

docker-compose down -v

Also typo? Probably not the issue

dockerc

Let's us know what you see.

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Thank you @stephenb, this indeed did the trick. :slight_smile:

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