Add script to run ES in docker container (#590)

* Adding start_elasticsearch.sh script to run elastic search on the host
in a docker container at http://localhost:9200

* update readme in instructions on how to use script

.gitignore

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+.eggs/*
 .*.swp
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README

@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ Install the ``elasticsearch`` package with `pip
     pip install elasticsearch
 
 
+Run Elasticsearch in a Container
+--------------------------------
+
+To run elasticsearch in a container, optionally set the `ES_VERSION` environment evariable to either 5.4, 5.3 or 2.4. `ES_VERSION` is defaulted to `latest`.
+Then run ./start_elasticsearch.sh::
+
+    export ES_VERSION=5.4
+    ./start_elasticsearch.sh
+
+
+This will run a version fo Elastic Search in a Docker container suitable for running the tests. To check that elasticearch is running
+first wait for a `healthy` status in `docker ps`::
+
+    $ docker ps
+    CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                      COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS                   PORTS                              NAMES
+    955e57564e53        7d2ad83f8446               "/docker-entrypoin..."   6 minutes ago       Up 6 minutes (healthy)   0.0.0.0:9200->9200/tcp, 9300/tcp   trusting_brattain
+
+Then you can navigate to `locahost:9200` in your browser.
+
+
 Example use
 -----------
 

start_elasticsearch.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Start elasticsearch in a docker container
+
+ES_VERSION=${ES_VERSION:-"latest"}
+ES_TEST_SERVER=${ES_TEST_SERVER:-"http://localhost:9200"}
+
+exec docker run -d \
+    -e script.inline=true \
+    -e path.repo=/tmp \
+    -e "repositories.url.allowed_urls=http://*" \
+    -e node.attr.testattr=test \
+    -e ES_HOST=$ES_TEST_SERVER \
+    -v `pwd`/../elasticsearch:/code/elasticsearch \
+    -v /tmp:/tmp \
+    -p "9200:9200" \
+fxdgear/elasticsearch:$ES_VERSION
+