# Connect Elastic Search to Tableau - max file descriptors \[4096\] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least \[65535\]
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-to-tableau-max-file-descriptors-4096-for-elasticsearch-process-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-65535/248799
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-to-tableau-max-file-descriptors-4096-for-elasticsearch-process-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-65535/248799 "2020-09-16T09:16:31Z")
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### Author:  [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-to-tableau-max-file-descriptors-4096-for-elasticsearch-process-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-65535/248799/1 "2020-09-16T09:16:31Z")
Hi ,
I am getting error while running the elastic search after adding below details in elasticsearch.yml
to connect elastic search to Tableau
```auto
http.port: 9200
network.host: ["0.0.0.0", 127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
network.bind_host: 0.0.0.0
network.publish_host: 0.0.0.0
http.host: 0.0.0.0
http.cors.enabled : true
http.cors.allow-origin : "*"
http.cors.allow-methods : OPTIONS, HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
http.cors.allow-headers : X-Requested-With,X-Auth-Token,Content-Type, Content-Length
```
After adding above in was getting below error
[1]: max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65535]
[2]: max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]
For error reolution , I have configured below
Error 1 - max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]
Resolution -
Login as root user and run below command
sysctl -w vm.max\_map\_count=262144
Error 2 - max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65535]
Reslution - Update the configuration file /etc/security/limits.conf
updated below
```auto
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
```
Infra - Its a single ELK cluster installed in AWS EC2 .
When I try to restart the elastic search still getting below error
[1]: max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65535]
Appreciate the help !!
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-to-tableau-max-file-descriptors-4096-for-elasticsearch-process-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-65535/248799/2 "2020-09-16T13:08:09Z")
Please read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/bootstrap-checks.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/bootstrap-checks.html)
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### Author:  [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-to-tableau-max-file-descriptors-4096-for-elasticsearch-process-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-65535/248799/3 "2020-09-16T13:21:40Z")
I did try this option and set below property
discovery type to `single-node`
`When restarted the elasticsearch it gave me error unknown data / parameter in yml file .`
`Thanks`
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-to-tableau-max-file-descriptors-4096-for-elasticsearch-process-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-65535/248799/4 "2020-09-16T15:14:36Z")
I did not mean to bypass the bootstrap checks. I think it's important that you fix the actual problems.
So read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/\_file\_descriptor\_check.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_file_descriptor_check.html) and its solution here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/file-descriptors.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/file-descriptors.html)
If you still have an error, please share all the logs.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-to-tableau-max-file-descriptors-4096-for-elasticsearch-process-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-65535/248799/5 "2020-10-14T15:15:01Z")
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