# Want to use Elasticsearch as a base image **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 19, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295 "2023-04-19T10:17:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ANUBHAV_GUPTA)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/1 "2023-04-19T10:17:31Z")
I want to use elasticsearch app as a base image and load a json file while booting up the ES instance. Can I do this? What will be the Entrypoint to start the container? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/2 "2023-04-19T10:47:19Z")
I think it's this one: > BUT: why not using docker compose instead? So you just use the normal image and when it's ready to run, run another container which do some curl calls... ---
**Author:** ![ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ANUBHAV_GUPTA)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/3 "2023-04-19T11:26:07Z")
Want to use a single container only. Basically What I am trying to do is this:- Using elasticsearch as base image and then passing a json file inside the container in order to boot the elasticsearch with the json data index. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/4 "2023-04-19T16:56:44Z")
Why do you want to use a single container? The "loader" container should run only for few seconds. What's the value of adding another step within the Elasticsearch service? ---
**Author:** ![ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ANUBHAV_GUPTA)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/5 "2023-04-20T01:17:22Z")
I need to run a python script for loading a json file data in ES while it's booting up. So that, I can have the ES instance running with preloaded index. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/6 "2023-04-20T06:18:12Z")
Yes but this does not answer my question. But anyway. I gave you I believe the script which is called by the docker image. ---
**Author:** ![ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ANUBHAV_GUPTA)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/7 "2023-04-20T08:22:38Z")
Maybe I won't be able to explain you that. But since you understood the usecase, Is it possible for me to do this in same container? Otherwise using docker-compose is the obvious solution that can work. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/8 "2023-04-20T09:23:30Z")
> [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](#): > > But since you understood the usecase, Is it possible for me to do this in same container? I don't know. May be by modifying the `docker-entrypoint.sh` but I'm really unsure on how this would work. You would need to change last line, make it a daemon and wait until the service is ready to load your documents and then wait forever to make sure the container does not stop... But honestly I don't know if this will work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-use-elasticsearch-as-a-base-image/330295/9 "2023-05-18T09:24:21Z")
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