# To Contaoner or not to Container **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 18, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-contaoner-or-not-to-container/177417 "2019-04-18T09:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paulsbuxton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@paulsbuxton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paulsbuxton)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-contaoner-or-not-to-container/177417/1 "2019-04-18T09:00:59Z")
Is there a recommendation on whether ES should be 'native' (for want of a better word) or is containered perfectly acceptable and robust? in a production environment?? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-contaoner-or-not-to-container/177417/2 "2019-04-19T21:47:50Z")
The recommendation is - do what is best/makes sense for you 😛 That's a bit of a cop out, but Elasticsearch will happily run in either environment, so the best way to approach it is to optimise for your own environment. ---
**Author:** ![paulsbuxton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@paulsbuxton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paulsbuxton)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-contaoner-or-not-to-container/177417/3 "2019-04-24T10:15:07Z")
Thanks, that was what i was 'afraid of'... 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-contaoner-or-not-to-container/177417/4 "2019-05-22T10:15:21Z")
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