# Running a local kibana in a container

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-local-kibana-in-a-container/122387>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 3, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-local-kibana-in-a-container/122387 "2018-03-03T19:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![stam585](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@stam585](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stam585)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-local-kibana-in-a-container/122387/1 "2018-03-03T19:28:50Z")

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I am trying to run use kibana console with my local elasticsearch (container)  
In the [ElasticSearch documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html) I see

```
docker run -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.2.2

```

Which lets me run the community edition in a quick one liner.

Looking at the [kibana documentation](https://www.docker.elastic.co/#) i see only

```
docker pull docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.2.2

```

Replacing pull with run it looks for the x-pack (I think it means not community) and fails to find the ES

```
Unable to revive connection: http://elasticsearch:9200/

```

Is there a one liner that could easily set up kibana localy in a container?  
All I need is to work with the console (Sense replacement)

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-local-kibana-in-a-container/122387/2 "2018-03-03T22:00:02Z")

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Kibana's looking for an elasticsearch cluster with a domain of elasticsearch. These two containers need to be linked together with a network - [https://docs.docker.com/network/](https://docs.docker.com/network/)

If you have docker-compose available it'll do this for you:

```auto
version: '2'
services:
  elasticsearch:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.2.2
    environment:
      - discovery.type=single-node
    ports:
      - 127.0.0.1:9200:9200
  kibana:
    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.2.2
    ports:
      - 127.0.0.1:5601:5601

```

```auto
docker-compose up

```

Are you using Console to manage a separate cluster? The versions bundled with Kibana only let you connect to the backing elasticsearch cluster.

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**Author:** ![stam585](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@stam585](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stam585)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-local-kibana-in-a-container/122387/3 "2018-03-04T14:22:31Z")

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Thanks. Works wonderfully.

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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:** [April 1, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-local-kibana-in-a-container/122387/4 "2018-04-01T14:22:39Z")

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