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+layout: post
+parent: Containers & Deploying
+nav_order: 3
+title:  "Docker Compose for Elasticsearch and Kibana 7.9"
+date:   2021-07-13 21:38:05 +0100
+categories: deploying docker
+---
+
+# {{page.title}}
+
+_{{page.date}}_
+
+In this post, I will cover how you can set up Elasticsearch and Kibana with a single `docker-compose.yml` file.
+
+## Set up and install ELK stack on Ubuntu server
+
+You must run `sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144` to get Elasticsearch to work. To make this permanent, run `sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf` and add `vm.max_map_count=262144` to the end of the file on a new line, then save and exit.
+
+Go to the directory with the files in. Make sure you've used SFTP to put the `docker-compose.yml` file in there first. For example you may need to use this command `cd /home/administrator/docker/elk-stack`
+
+Install it all with `docker-compose up -d` and you're finished! It really is that simple.
+
+The compose file is as below.
+
+```docker
+version: '2.2'
+
+services:
+
+  elasticsearch:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.9.3
+    container_name: elasticsearch
+    environment:
+      - node.name=elasticsearch
+      - discovery.seed_hosts=elasticsearch
+      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=elasticsearch
+      - cluster.name=docker-cluster
+      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+      - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms2g -Xmx2g"
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
+    volumes:
+      - esdata1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+    ports:
+      - 9200:9200
+
+  kibana:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.9.3
+    container_name: kibana
+    environment:
+      ELASTICSEARCH_URL: "http://elasticsearch:9200"
+      ELASTICSEARCH_SHARDTIMEOUT: 300000
+    ports:
+      - 5601:5601
+    depends_on:
+      - elasticsearch
+
+volumes:
+  esdata1:
+    driver: local
+```