Unable to start Elastic Search 8 and Kibana using Docker - docker

Question

I used the following procedure to install Elastic Search and Kibana 8 RC2 :
# create the data directory on host for persistence
mkdir -p /data/elasticsearch/data
chmod 777 -R /data/elasticsearch/data
# create the elastic network
docker network create elastic
# run elastic search in background with data persistence in a single node configuration and test password
docker run -d -it --name els01 --net elastic -p 0.0.0.0:9200:9200 -p 0.0.0.0:9300:9300 -v /data/elasticsearch/data:/data/elasticsearch/data -e "discovery.type=single-node" -e ELASTIC_PASSWORD="test" -e KIBANA_PASSWORD="test" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.0.0-rc2
# run kibana in background
docker run -d -it --name kib01 --net elastic -p 0.0.0.0:5601:5601 -e KIBANA_PASSWORD="test" -e "ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=https://els01:9200" docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:8.0.0-rc2
On the webpage http://10.0.2.1:5601/, I get this error :
Kibana server is not ready yet.
docker logs --tail 50 --follow --timestamps f82efc804e9c returns this error :
Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. self signed certificate in certificate chain
What do I need to change in order to have a functionnal Kibana on Elastic Search ?
Thanks

Answer 1

TLDR;
Elasticsearch 8 comes with SSL/TLS enabled by default
Kibana has to have the CA certificate to verify and connect to elasticsearch.
To solve
How about you use the docker-compose file provided to set up a multi-cluster node. It will take care of the SSL/TLS certificate.
You will just need to
delete services es02 and es03
update volumes path
to be back on your actual set up.
This could look like
version: "2.2"
services:
setup:
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
volumes:
- certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
user: "0"
command: >
bash -c '
if [ x${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} == x ]; then
echo "Set the ELASTIC_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
exit 1;
elif [ x${KIBANA_PASSWORD} == x ]; then
echo "Set the KIBANA_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
exit 1;
fi;
if [ ! -f certs/ca.zip ]; then
echo "Creating CA";
bin/elasticsearch-certutil ca --silent --pem -out config/certs/ca.zip;
unzip config/certs/ca.zip -d config/certs;
fi;
if [ ! -f certs/certs.zip ]; then
echo "Creating certs";
echo -ne \
"instances:\n"\
" - name: es01\n"\
" dns:\n"\
" - es01\n"\
" - localhost\n"\
" ip:\n"\
" - 127.0.0.1\n"\
> config/certs/instances.yml;
bin/elasticsearch-certutil cert --silent --pem -out config/certs/certs.zip --in config/certs/instances.yml --ca-cert config/certs/ca/ca.crt --ca-key config/certs/ca/ca.key;
unzip config/certs/certs.zip -d config/certs;
fi;
echo "Setting file permissions"
chown -R root:root config/certs;
find . -type d -exec chmod 750 \{\} \;;
find . -type f -exec chmod 640 \{\} \;;
echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
until curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://es01:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 30; done;
echo "Setting kibana_system password";
until curl -s -X POST --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt -u elastic:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://es01:9200/_security/user/kibana_system/_password -d "{\"password\":\"${KIBANA_PASSWORD}\"}" | grep -q "^{}"; do sleep 10; done;
echo "All done!";
'
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[ -f config/certs/es01/es01.crt ]"]
interval: 1s
timeout: 5s
retries: 120
es01:
depends_on:
setup:
condition: service_healthy
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
volumes:
- certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
- type: bind
source: /data/elasticsearch/data
target: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data
ports:
- ${ES_PORT}:9200
environment:
- node.name=es01
- cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
- cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01,es02,es03
- discovery.seed_hosts=es02,es03
- ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
- bootstrap.memory_lock=true
- xpack.security.enabled=true
- xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
- xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
- xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
- xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
- xpack.security.http.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
- xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
ulimits:
memlock:
soft: -1
hard: -1
healthcheck:
test:
[
"CMD-SHELL",
"curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
]
interval: 10s
timeout: 10s
retries: 120
kibana:
depends_on:
es01:
condition: service_healthy
es02:
condition: service_healthy
es03:
condition: service_healthy
image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:${STACK_VERSION}
volumes:
- certs:/usr/share/kibana/config/certs
- kibanadata:/usr/share/kibana/data
ports:
- ${KIBANA_PORT}:5601
environment:
- SERVERNAME=kibana
- ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
- ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=kibana_system
- ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=${KIBANA_PASSWORD}
- ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATEAUTHORITIES=config/certs/ca/ca.crt
mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
healthcheck:
test:
[
"CMD-SHELL",
"curl -s -I http://localhost:5601 | grep -q 'HTTP/1.1 302 Found'",
]
interval: 10s
timeout: 10s
retries: 120
volumes:
certs:
driver: local
esdata01:
driver: local
kibanadata:
driver: local

Answer 2

My version for single node configuration and without env variables:
version: "2.2"
services:
setup:
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.3.3
volumes:
- ./volumes/data/es/certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
user: "0"
command: >
bash -c '
if [ ! -f certs/ca.zip ]; then
echo "Creating CA";
bin/elasticsearch-certutil ca --silent --pem -out config/certs/ca.zip;
unzip config/certs/ca.zip -d config/certs;
fi;
if [ ! -f certs/certs.zip ]; then
echo "Creating certs";
echo -ne \
"instances:\n"\
" - name: es01\n"\
" dns:\n"\
" - es01\n"\
" - localhost\n"\
" ip:\n"\
" - 127.0.0.1\n"\
> config/certs/instances.yml;
bin/elasticsearch-certutil cert --silent --pem -out config/certs/certs.zip --in config/certs/instances.yml --ca-cert config/certs/ca/ca.crt --ca-key config/certs/ca/ca.key;
unzip config/certs/certs.zip -d config/certs;
fi;
echo "Setting file permissions"
chown -R root:root config/certs;
find . -type d -exec chmod 750 \{\} \;;
find . -type f -exec chmod 640 \{\} \;;
echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
until curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://es01:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 30; done;
echo "Setting kibana_system password";
until curl -s -X POST --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt -u elastic:E0glIRkUbVak8f4aHZe -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://es01:9200/_security/user/kibana_system/_password -d "{\"password\":\"E0glIRkUbVak8f4aHZk\"}" | grep -q "^{}"; do sleep 10; done;
echo "All done!";
'
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[ -f config/certs/es01/es01.crt ]"]
interval: 1s
timeout: 5s
retries: 120
es01:
depends_on:
setup:
condition: service_healthy
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.3.3
volumes:
- ./volumes/data/es/certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
- ./volumes/data/es/es01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
ports:
- 9200:9200
environment:
- node.name=es01
- discovery.type=single-node
- ELASTIC_PASSWORD=<ELASTIC_PASSWORD>
- bootstrap.memory_lock=true
- xpack.security.enabled=true
- xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
- xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
- xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
- xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
- xpack.security.http.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
- xpack.license.self_generated.type=basic
mem_limit: 1073741824
ulimits:
memlock:
soft: -1
hard: -1
healthcheck:
test:
[
"CMD-SHELL",
"curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
]
interval: 10s
timeout: 10s
retries: 120
kibana:
depends_on:
es01:
condition: service_healthy
image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:8.3.3
volumes:
- ./volumes/data/es/certs:/usr/share/kibana/config/certs
- ./volumes/data/es/kibanadata:/usr/share/kibana/data
ports:
- 5601:5601
environment:
- SERVERNAME=kibana
- ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
- ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=kibana_system
- ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=<KIBANA_SYSTEM_PASSWORD>
- ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATEAUTHORITIES=config/certs/ca/ca.crt
mem_limit: 1073741824
healthcheck:
test:
[
"CMD-SHELL",
"curl -s -I http://localhost:5601 | grep -q 'HTTP/1.1 302 Found'",
]
interval: 10s
timeout: 10s
retries: 120