ElasticSearch container scripts

Scripts to run and interact with a local containerised ElasticSearch instance.

Intended for local dev and not for production environments!

Uses a local data volume to store the data.

See .env for details of the set up.

Prerequisites

Docker 1.12.x+
- On Mac: Docker for Mac

General workflow

Note: make sure you run scripts from the root of your Rails app.

Create the container for the first time
- bin/elasticsearch/create
Stop the container when you don't need it
- bin/elasticsearch/stop
Start the container when you do need it again
- bin/elasticsearch/start
Destroy the container if you want to recreate it or just don't need it anymore (note: the local data volume will NOT be deleted)
- bin/elasticsearch/destroy

Run curl http://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/health to check status.