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Update Docker docs for 6.0.0-rc2 (elastic#27166)
* Update Docker docs for 6.0.0-rc2 * Update the docs to match the new Docker "image flavours" of "basic", "platinum", and "oss". * Clarifications for Openshift and bind-mounts * Bump docker-compose 2.x format to 2.2 * Combine Docker Toolbox instructions for setting vm.max_map_count for both macOS + Windows * devicemapper is not the default storage driver any more on RHEL
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docs/Versions.asciidoc

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:issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/
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:pull: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/
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:docker-image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:{version}
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:docker-repo: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch
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:docker-image: {docker-repo}:{version}
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:plugin_url: https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins
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docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc

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An image is available for running Elasticsearch as a Docker container. It ships with {xpack-ref}/index.html[X-Pack] pre-installed and may be downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry.
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Images are available for running Elasticsearch as Docker containers. They may be
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downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry. The default image ships with
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{xpack-ref}/index.html[X-Pack] pre-installed.
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=== Install Elasticsearch with Docker
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Elasticsearch is also available as a Docker image.
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The image is built with {xpack-ref}/index.html[X-Pack] and uses https://hub.docker.com/_/centos/[centos:7] as the base image.
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The source code can be found on https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-docker/tree/{branch}[GitHub].
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Elasticsearch is also available as Docker images.
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The images use https://hub.docker.com/_/centos/[centos:7] as the base image and
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are available with {xpack-ref}/xpack-introduction.html[X-Pack].
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==== Security note
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A list of all published Docker images and tags can be found in https://www.docker.elastic.co[www.docker.elastic.co]. The source code can be found
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NOTE: {xpack-ref}/index.html[X-Pack] is preinstalled in this image.
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Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with {xpack-ref}/security-getting-started.html[X-Pack Security] and how to change default passwords. The default password for the `elastic` user is `changeme`.
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==== Image types
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NOTE: X-Pack includes a trial license for 30 days. After that, you can obtain one of the https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[available subscriptions] or {ref}/security-settings.html[disable Security]. The Basic license is free and includes the https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/monitoring[Monitoring] extension.
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The images are available in three different configurations or "flavors". The
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`basic` flavor, which is the default, ships with X-Pack Basic features
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pre-installed and automatically activated with a free licence. The `platinum`
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flavor features all X-Pack functionally under a 30-day trial licence. The `oss`
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flavor does not include X-Pack, and contains only open-source Elasticsearch.
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NOTE: {xpack-ref}/xpack-security.html[X-Pack Security] is enabled in the `platinum`
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image. To access your cluster, it's necessary to set an initial password for the
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`elastic` user. The initial password can be set at start up time via the
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`ELASTIC_PASSWORD` environment variable:
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["source","txt",subs="attributes"]
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docker run -e ELASTIC_PASSWORD=MagicWord {docker-repo}-platinum:{version}
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NOTE: The `platinum` image includes a trial license for 30 days. After that, you
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can obtain one of the https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[available
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WARNING: Version {version} of Elasticsearch has not yet been released, so no
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The Docker image can be retrieved with the following command:
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* OSX with https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/mac/#/docker-for-mac[Docker for Mac]
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* macOS with https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/mac/#/docker-for-mac[Docker for Mac]
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