# Elastic Search is not coming up due to missing max\_map\_count **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 6, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-coming-up-due-to-missing-max-map-count/189213 "2019-07-06T17:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shahin\_Ansari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shahin_ansari/32/46350_2.png) [@Shahin\_Ansari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shahin_Ansari)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-coming-up-due-to-missing-max-map-count/189213/1 "2019-07-06T17:23:36Z")
Dear Team, I am trying to start elastic search but its throwing the below error. Error: [2019-07-06T17:14:27,952][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966] starting ... [2019-07-06T17:14:28,329][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966] publish\_address {172.29.96.1:9340}, bound\_addresses {[::]:9340} [2019-07-06T17:14:28,363][INFO][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks [2019-07-06T17:14:28,375][WARN][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] **I/O exception while trying to read [/proc/sys/vm/max\_map\_count]** **java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /proc/sys/vm/max\_map\_count** at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:86) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361) ~[?:1.8.0\_181] at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407) ~[?:1.8.0\_181] at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384) ~[?:1.8.0\_181] at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152) ~[?:1.8.0\_181] at java.nio.file.Files.newBufferedReader(Files.java:2784) ~[?:1.8.0\_181] at java.nio.file.Files.newBufferedReader(Files.java:2816) ~[?:1.8.0\_181] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapChecks$MaxMapCountCheck.getBufferedReader(BootstrapChecks.java:453) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapChecks$MaxMapCountCheck.getMaxMapCount(BootstrapChecks.java:427) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapChecks$MaxMapCountCheck.getMaxMapCount(BootstrapChecks.java:421) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapChecks$MaxMapCountCheck.check(BootstrapChecks.java:407) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapChecks.check(BootstrapChecks.java:137) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapChecks.check(BootstrapChecks.java:95) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapChecks.check(BootstrapChecks.java:76) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.validateNodeBeforeAcceptingRequests(Bootstrap.java:238) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:695) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:278) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:351) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) [elasticsearch-5.6.4.jar:5.6.4] [2019-07-06T17:14:31,616][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterService] [DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966] new\_master {DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966}{4b\_57VTjSIiToNwYPtBL1Q}{o6yhS63jReioUYssy2I6dA}{172.29.96.1}{172.29.96.1:9340}, reason: zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined) [2019-07-06T17:14:31,674][INFO][o.e.h.n.Netty4HttpServerTransport] [DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966] publish\_address {172.29.96.1:9240}, bound\_addresses {[::]:9240} [2019-07-06T17:14:31,674][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966] started [2019-07-06T17:14:31,699][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [DESKTOP-8R2H9BA.localdomain1559241418966] recovered [0] indices into cluster\_state **I have also check the /proc/sys/vm/ directory and there is only below mentioned list.** **shahin@DESKTOP-8R2H9BA:/proc/sys/vm$ ls -l** **total 0** **-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 6 20:37 min\_free\_kbytes** **-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 6 20:37 overcommit\_memory** **-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 6 20:37 swappiness** **shahin@DESKTOP-8R2H9BA:/proc/sys/vm$** **I have also manually enter the value in sysctl.conf but even then its not coming up.** **vm.max\_map\_count=262144.** **Could you please let me know how to fix this issue.** Thanks Shahin ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-coming-up-due-to-missing-max-map-count/189213/2 "2019-08-03T17:23:36Z")
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