initial checkin
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+FROM ubuntu:14.04.2
+
+ENV LOGSTASH_HOST 66.228.36.77
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y --force-yes \
+    git \
+    golang \
+    supervisor
+
+RUN git clone git://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder.git /tmp/logstash-forwarder
+RUN cd /tmp/logstash-forwarder && git checkout v0.4.0 && go build
+
+RUN mkdir /opt/logstash-forwarder && cp /tmp/logstash-forwarder/logstash-forwarder /opt/logstash-forwarder/logstash-forwarder
+
+ADD conf/config.json /opt/logstash-forwarder/config.json
+ADD conf/supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/logstash-forwarder.conf
+ADD run_logstash-forwarder /opt/logstash-forwarder/run_logstash-forwarder
+
+RUN chmod +x /opt/logstash-forwarder/run_logstash-forwarder
+
+RUN rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+VOLUME ["/opt/certs", "/var/log/"]
+
+CMD /opt/logstash-forwarder/run_logstash-forwarder
+
+