# ECK 8.17.3 "memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-8-17-3-memory-locking-requested-for-elasticsearch-process-but-memory-is-not-locked/376302>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\
**Tags:** docker, painless\
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-8-17-3-memory-locking-requested-for-elasticsearch-process-but-memory-is-not-locked/376302 "2025-03-24T06:42:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![khteh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khteh/32/147573_2.png) [@khteh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khteh)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-8-17-3-memory-locking-requested-for-elasticsearch-process-but-memory-is-not-locked/376302/1 "2025-03-24T06:42:55Z")

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I have the following config:

```auto
      config:
        # most Elasticsearch configuration parameters are possible to set, e.g: node.attr.attr_name: attr_value
        #node.roles: ["master", "data", "ingest", "ml"]
        node.roles: ["master"]
        script.painless.regex.enabled: true
        http.cors.enabled: true
        http.cors.allow-origin: "*"
        #network.host: _site_ Forbidden: Configuration setting is reserved for internal use
        #node.name: ${HOSTNAME} Forbidden: Configuration setting is reserved for internal use
        bootstrap.memory_lock: true
        #xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true Forbidden: Configuration setting is reserved for internal use
        cluster.max_shards_per_node: 10000

```

However, the bootstrap fails:

```auto
{"@timestamp":"2025-03-24T06:34:03.467Z", "log.level":"ERROR", "message":"node validation exception\n[1] bootstrap checks failed. You must address the points described in the following [1] lines before starting Elasticsearch. For more information see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.17/bootstrap-checks.html]\nbootstrap check failure [1] of [1]: memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked; for more information see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.17/bootstrap-checks-memory-lock.html]", "ecs.version": "1.2.0","service.name":"ES_ECS","event.dataset":"elasticsearch.server","process.thread.name":"main","log.logger":"org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch","elasticsearch.node.name":"khteh-es-es-master-0","elasticsearch.cluster.name":"khteh-es"}

```

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**Author:** ![khteh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khteh/32/147573_2.png) [@khteh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khteh)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-8-17-3-memory-locking-requested-for-elasticsearch-process-but-memory-is-not-locked/376302/2 "2025-03-24T06:58:31Z")

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How do I configure the "system settings" in any of the k8s manifest w.r.t [Configuring system settings | Elasticsearch Guide [8.17] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setting-system-settings.html)?

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**Author:** ![khteh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khteh/32/147573_2.png) [@khteh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khteh)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-8-17-3-memory-locking-requested-for-elasticsearch-process-but-memory-is-not-locked/376302/3 "2025-03-24T08:06:29Z")

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`bootstrap.memory_lock: false`