diff --git a/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+
+elasticsearch_version: 7.10.2
+
+elasticsearch_base_path: /opt/elasticsearch
+elasticsearch_data_path: "{{ elasticsearch_base_path }}/data"
+
+elasticsearch_config_cluster_name: elastic
+elasticsearch_config_discovery_type: single-node
+elasticsearch_config_boostrap_memory_lock: true
+elasticsearch_allocated_ram_mb: 512
+
+elasticsearch_container_image_name: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-oss
+elasticsearch_container_image_tag: ~
+elasticsearch_container_image: >-
+  {{ elasticsearch_container_image_name }}:{{ elasticsearch_container_image_tag | default(elasticsearch_version, true) }}
+
+elasticsearch_container_name: elasticsearch
+elasticsearch_container_env:
+  "ES_JAVA_OPTS": "-Xms{{ elasticsearch_allocated_ram_mb }}m -Xmx{{ elasticsearch_allocated_ram_mb }}m"
+  "cluster.name": "{{ elasticsearch_config_cluster_name }}"
+  "discovery.type": "{{ elasticsearch_config_discovery_type }}"
+  "bootstrap.memory_lock": "{{ 'true' if elasticsearch_config_boostrap_memory_lock else 'false' }}"
+elasticsearch_container_user: ~
+elasticsearch_container_ports: ~
+elasticsearch_container_labels:
+  version: "{{ elasticsearch_version }}"
+elasticsearch_container_ulimits:
+#  - "memlock:{{ (1.5 * 1024 * elasticsearch_allocated_ram_mb) | int }}:{{ (1.5 * 1024 * elasticsearch_allocated_ram_mb) | int }}"
+  - "memlock:-1:-1"
+elasticsearch_container_volumes:
+  - "{{ elasticsearch_data_path }}:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data:z"
+elasticsearch_container_networks: ~
+elasticsearch_container_purge_networks: ~
+elasticsearch_container_restart_policy: unless-stopped
diff --git a/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml b/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Ensure host directories are present
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0777"
+  loop:
+    - "{{ elasticsearch_base_path }}"
+    - "{{ elasticsearch_data_path }}"
+
+- name: Ensure elastic container image is present
+  docker_image:
+    name: "{{ elasticsearch_container_image }}"
+    state: present
+    source: pull
+    force_source: "{{ elasticsearch_container_image_tag|default(false, true)|bool }}"
+
+- name: Ensure elastic container is running
+  docker_container:
+    name: "{{ elasticsearch_container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ elasticsearch_container_image }}"
+    env: "{{ elasticsearch_container_env | default(omit, True) }}"
+    user: "{{ elasticsearch_container_user | default(omit, True) }}"
+    ports: "{{ elasticsearch_container_ports | default(omit, True) }}"
+    labels: "{{ elasticsearch_container_labels | default(omit, True) }}"
+    volumes: "{{ elasticsearch_container_volumes }}"
+    ulimits: "{{ elasticsearch_container_ulimits }}"
+    networks: "{{ elasticsearch_container_networks | default(omit, True) }}"
+    purge_networks: "{{ elasticsearch_container_purge_networks | default(omit, True) }}"
+    restart_policy: "{{ elasticsearch_container_restart_policy }}"
+    state: started