The video tutorial guides viewers through creating two containers in a custom network called Elasticsearch. It involves setting up a bridge network, pulling the Elasticsearch image, and creating containers with specific configurations. The tutorial emphasizes using custom names for communication and exposing port 9200. After setting up, viewers are instructed to verify connectivity and are introduced to the next video, which will cover creating an index and performing searches in the Elasticsearch database.

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