Error Unable to access elasticsearch in docker for windows

Question

I am using Docker for Windows and I have set up Linux containers

I am trying to start it using the following command:

sudo docker run -d -p 9200 elasticsearch:2.3.5

if I attempt to access it via curl on bash, or the browser it is not found.

Answer 1

This is simple, just follow the below step:

-p 9200 tells Docker to find any available port on Windows and map it to the 9200container port.

Run this command:

sudo docker run -d -p 9200:9200 elasticsearch:2.3.5

With -p 9200:9200 Docker will use always 9200 that will be available in your localhost: localhost:9200