From bf4c373d7b19dbad629d9a95f4086dcf66340c51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tianon Gravi <admwiggin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:22:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add an example Dockerfile to logstash

---
 logstash/content.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/logstash/content.md b/logstash/content.md
index 401d49387..d12e9b2e0 100644
--- a/logstash/content.md
+++ b/logstash/content.md
@@ -23,3 +23,21 @@ If you need to run logstash with a configuration file, `logstash.conf`, that's l
 ```console
 $ docker run -it --rm -v "$PWD":/config-dir logstash -f /config-dir/logstash.conf
 ```
+
+### Using a `Dockerfile`
+
+If you'd like to have a production Logstash image with a pre-baked configuration file, use of a `Dockerfile` is recommended:
+
+```dockerfile
+FROM logstash
+
+COPY logstash.conf /some/config-dir/
+
+CMD ["-f", "/some/config-dir/logstash.conf"]
+```
+
+Then, build with `docker build -t my-logstash .` and deploy with something like the following:
+
+```console
+$ docker run -it --rm my-logstash
+```