Elastic on Private GCP + Getting Started with Docker for Security Use Cases

Join the Elastic Dallas User Group on Tuesday, April 21st for an exciting meetup.

We’ll feature presentations from Godfrey Menezes (Solutions Architect at EPAM Systems) and Kenneth Ellington (Security Threat Hunter) followed by networking, refreshments, and pizza with the Dallas tech and Elastic community.

📅 Date: Tuesday, April 21st from 5:30-7:30 PM CT
📍 Location: Improving Dallas - 5445 Legacy Dr #100, Plano, TX 75024 (Google Maps)

🎤 Want to present at our next meetup? Email us at meetups@elastic.co
Are you interested in presenting your Elastic use case? We welcome 5-10 minute lightning talks, 45-minute deep dives, and everything in between. If you're interested, please send us an email at meetups@elastic.co.

📝Agenda:

• 5:30 pm: Doors open; say hi and eat some food.
• 6:00 pm: Elastic on Private GCP: Getting Started - Godfrey Menezes (Solutions Architect at EPAM Systems)
• 6:30 pm: Launching Elastic with Docker and Exploring Real World Security Use Cases - Kenneth Ellington (Security Threat Hunter)
• 6:45 pm: Networking & refreshments
• 7:30 pm: Event ends

💭 Talk Details:
“Elastic on Private GCP: Getting Started,” is a beginner-friendly walkthrough designed for anyone who’s new to Elastic or wants a simple, practical path to getting up and running in their own Google Cloud environment. We’ll focus on the fundamentals—what you need to stand up a basic Elastic deployment on private GCP, the core concepts to know as you start, and the common “gotchas” to avoid—so you leave with a clear starting point and the confidence to keep building.

Launching Elastic with Docker and Exploring Real World Security Use Cases - Kenneth Ellington
In this session, we'll break down how to spin up an Elastic environment using Docker no prior experience required. We'll keep it hands-on and straightforward, showing you how to get everything running and then walk through how Elastic handles real security use cases like log analysis and threat detection. If you've been curious about Elastic but didn't know where to start, this is your starting point.