[es] Added HEALTHCHECK

elasticsearch/Dockerfile

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ RUN cd /usr/share && \
 
 EXPOSE 9200 9300
 
+HEALTHCHECK --timeout=5s CMD wget -q -O - http://$HOSTNAME:9200/_cat/health
+
 ENV ES_HOME=/usr/share/elasticsearch-$ES_VERSION \
     DEFAULT_ES_USER=elasticsearch \
     ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1g -Xmx1g"

elasticsearch/README.md

@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ and then check the cluster health, such as http://192.168.99.100:9200/_cluster/h
     }
 
 If you have a Docker Swarm cluster already initialized you can download this
-[docker-compose.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itzg/dockerfiles/master/elasticsearch/docker-compose.yml)
-and deploy a cluster using:
+[docker-compose.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itzg/dockerfiles/master/elasticsearch/docker-compose.yml) and deploy a cluster using:
 
     docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.yml es
 
+
 With a `docker service ls` you can confirm 1 master, 2 data, and 1 gateway nodes are running:
 
 ```
@@ -72,6 +72,22 @@ tdvfilj370yn  es_master   replicated  1/1       es
 
 As you can see, there is also a Kibana instance included and available at port 5601.
 
+# Health Checks
+
+This container declares a [HEALTHCHECK](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#/healthcheck) that queries the `_cat/health`
+endpoint for a quick, one-line gauge of health every 30 seconds.
+
+The current health of the container is shown in the `STATUS` column of `docker ps`, such as
+
+    Up 14 minutes (healthy)
+
+You can also check the history of health checks from `inspect`, such as:
+
+```
+> docker inspect -f "{{json .State.Health}}" es
+{"Status":"healthy","FailingStreak":0,"Log":[...
+```
+
 # Configuration Summary
 
 ## Ports