Using Azure Container Instances to host ElasticSearch

As I’m doing a lot of demos using ElasticSearch, I like to use Azure Container Instances to spin up a new container image. To simplify the creation process, I’m using the Azure CLI in combination with the script below:

	# these demos use the Azure CLI
	# install following instructions from here:
	# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest
	# then login:
	az login
	# see which subscription is selected
	# az account show --query name -o tsv
	# select the subscription you want to use
	az account set -s "MySub"
	# create a resource group
	$resourceGroup = "AciElasticSearchDemo"
	$location = "westeurope"
	az group create -n $resourceGroup -l $location
	# create an elasticsearch container with 4GB RAM and 2 CPUs
	$containerGroupName = "es-demo"
	az container create --image elasticsearch:latest --name $containerGroupName -g $resourceGroup `
	--ip-address public --dns-name-label es-aci --memory 4 --cpu 2 --ports 9200
	# see whether it's finished provisioning yet
	az container show -g $resourceGroup -n $containerGroupName --query provisioningState -o tsv
	# get the domain name
	$fqdn = az container show -g $resourceGroup -n $containerGroupName --query ipAddress.fqdn -o tsv
	# make a request to elasticsearch to check it's working
	(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://$($fqdn):9200/?pretty").content

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Remark: this is a copy of one of the scripts found here; https://github.com/markheath/aci-getting-started/blob/master/m1-01-elasticsearch.ps1