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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ elastic stack with full basic authentication
 
 ## Usage
 
+This image runs the elastic stack and supports full basic authentication
+
+```
+docker run -d --name elstack -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 9200:9201 -e SSL=true -e ELSK_USER="anyuser" -e ELSK_PASS="anypass" hosttoday/ht-docker-elk
+```
 
 ## Contribute
  We are always happy for code contributions. If you are not the code contributing type that is ok. + Still, maintaining Open Source repositories takes considerable time and thought. If you like the quality of what we do and our modules are useful to you we would appreciate a little monthly contribution: [Contribute monthly :)](https://lossless.link/contribute)