# Elasticsearch: Max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count \[65530\] is too low, increase to at least \[262144\] Helm **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-max-virtual-memory-areas-vm-max-map-count-65530-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-262144-helm/254150 "2020-11-03T12:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sanjeev\_kumar\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sanjeev_kumar_n/32/77283_2.png) [@Sanjeev\_kumar\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sanjeev_kumar_N)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-max-virtual-memory-areas-vm-max-map-count-65530-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-262144-helm/254150/1 "2020-11-03T12:10:55Z")
Hi Team, Trying to configure elastic search via helm chart. Please find the below are steps. # helm create ele # cat values.yaml imageELE: repository: X.X.X.X:8085/elasticsearch pullPolicy: IfNotPresent # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion. tag: "7.8.0" serviceELE: type: NodePort port: 9200 serviceELE1: type: NodePort port: 9300 # cat deployment.yaml apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: ele labels: app: ele spec: selector: matchLabels: app: ele {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }} replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }} {{- end }} template: metadata: {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }} annotations: {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }} {{- end }} labels: app: ele spec: {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }} imagePullSecrets: {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }} {{- end }} serviceAccountName: {{ include "ele.serviceAccountName" . }} securityContext: {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }} containers: - name: {{ .Chart.Name }} securityContext: {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }} image: "{{ .Values.imageELE.repository }}:{{ .Values.imageELE.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}" imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imageELE.pullPolicy }} ports: - name: http containerPort: 9200 containerPort: 9300 protocol: TCP # service.yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: ele labels: app: ele spec: #type: NodePort type: {{ .Values.serviceELE.type }} ports: - port: {{ .Values.serviceELE.port }} targetPort: 9200 nodePort: 32440 protocol: TCP name: ele - port: {{ .Values.serviceELE1.port }} targetPort: 9300 nodePort: 32441 protocol: TCP name: ele1 selector: app: ele # helm install ele . NAME: ele LAST DEPLOYED: Tue Nov 3 12:04:20 2020 NAMESPACE: default STATUS: deployed REVISION: 1 NOTES: 1. Get the application URL by running these commands: export POD\_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace default -l "[app.kubernetes.io/name=ele,app.kubernetes.io/instance=ele](http://app.kubernetes.io/name=ele,app.kubernetes.io/instance=ele)" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}") echo "Visit [http://127.0.0.1:8080](http://127.0.0.1:8080) to use your application" kubectl --namespace default port-forward $POD\_NAME 8080:80 # kubectl logs pod/ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-11-03T12:05:20,172Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.t.TransportService", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq", "message": "publish\_address {10.100.40.80:9300}, bound\_addresses {0.0.0.0:9300}" } {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-11-03T12:05:20,462Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.b.BootstrapChecks", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq", "message": "bound or publishing to a non-loopback address, enforcing bootstrap checks" } ERROR: [2] bootstrap checks failed [1]: max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144] [2]: the default discovery settings are unsuitable for production use; at least one of [discovery.seed\_hosts, discovery.seed\_providers, cluster.initial\_master\_nodes] must be configured ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/docker-cluster.log {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-11-03T12:05:20,473Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.n.Node", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq", "message": "stopping ..." } {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-11-03T12:05:20,485Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.n.Node", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq", "message": "stopped" } {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-11-03T12:05:20,486Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.n.Node", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq", "message": "closing ..." } {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-11-03T12:05:20,498Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.n.Node", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq", "message": "closed" } {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-11-03T12:05:20,500Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.x.m.p.NativeController", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ele-7c5dc88b4d-mbngq", "message": "Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started" } I have increased the vm.max\_map\_count sysctl -w vm.max\_map\_count=262144 Still getting same error "Elasticsearch: Max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]" I was able to configure elastic search on docker and kubernet..... Using same image and ending up with error. Please do the needful. Thanks Sanjeev Kumar N ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-max-virtual-memory-areas-vm-max-map-count-65530-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-262144-helm/254150/2 "2020-12-01T12:11:05Z")
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