Merge pull request #1606 from fluent/alexakreizinger/sc-123154/update-local-testing-logging-pipeline-doc

Author: alexakreizinger

local-testing/logging-pipeline.md

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-# Running a Logging Pipeline Locally
+# Run a logging pipeline locally
 
-You may wish to test a logging pipeline locally to observe how it deals with log messages. The following is a walk-through for running Fluent Bit and Elasticsearch locally with [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) which can serve as an example for testing other plugins locally.
+You can test logging pipelines locally to observe how they handles log messages. This guide explains how to use [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) to run Fluent Bit and Elasticsearch locally, but you can use the same principles to test other plugins.
 
-## Create a Configuration File
+## Create a configuration file
 
-Refer to the [Configuration File section](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/configuring-fluent-bit/classic-mode/configuration-file) to create a configuration to test.
-
-`fluent-bit.conf`:
+Start by creating a [Fluent Bit configuration file](/administration/configuring-fluent-bit/classic-mode/configuration-file) to test.
 
+{% code title="fluent-bit.conf" %}
 ```text
 [INPUT]
   Name dummy
@@ -18,13 +17,13 @@ Refer to the [Configuration File section](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/admin
   Host elasticsearch
   Replace_Dots On
 ```
+{% endcode %}
 
-## Docker Compose
-
-Use [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) to run Fluent Bit \(with the configuration file mounted\) and Elasticsearch.
+## Use Docker Compose
 
-`docker-compose.yaml`:
+Use [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) to run Fluent Bit (with the configuration file mounted) and Elasticsearch.
 
+{% code title="docker-compose.yaml" %}
 ```yaml
 version: "3.7"
 
@@ -42,20 +41,22 @@ services:
     environment:
       - discovery.type=single-node
 ```
+{% endcode %}
 
 ## View indexed logs
 
-To view indexed logs run:
+To view indexed logs, run the following command:
 
 ```bash
 curl "localhost:9200/_search?pretty" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d'{ "query": { "match_all": {} }}'
 ```
 
-To "start fresh", delete the index by running:
+## Reset index
+
+To reset your index, run the following command:
 
 ```bash
 curl -X DELETE "localhost:9200/fluent-bit?pretty"
 ```
-