# Elasticsearch 5.2.2 - Out of memory - while indexing

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 14, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-2-2-out-of-memory-while-indexing/78457 "2017-03-14T07:22:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-2-2-out-of-memory-while-indexing/78457/2 "2017-03-15T08:33:05Z")

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I've managed to find some output from `journalctl`, which clearly says:

> Mar 15 08:03:11 v2-es5-us kernel: Out of memory (oom\_kill\_allocating\_task): Kill process 17552 (java) score 0 or sacrifice child  
> Mar 15 08:03:11 v2-es5-us kernel: Killed process 17482 (java) total-vm:38214392kB, anon-rss:2420632kB, file-rss:492624kB

**Full log:**

> **[Mar 15 08:03:11 v2-es5-us kernel: java invoked oom-killer: gfp\_mask=0x26000c0,...](https://pastebin.com/bEMzc7AD)**
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