# Error when running elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-running-elasticsearch/150166>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 27, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-running-elasticsearch/150166 "2018-09-27T10:04:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mohammed\_Ihsan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@Mohammed\_Ihsan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammed_Ihsan)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-running-elasticsearch/150166/1 "2018-09-27T10:04:15Z")

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When I run elasticsearch, I got the errors

1. max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536]
2. max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]  
How can I fix it

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-running-elasticsearch/150166/2 "2018-09-27T10:46:35Z")

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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:** ![Mohammed\_Ihsan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@Mohammed\_Ihsan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammed_Ihsan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-running-elasticsearch/150166/3 "2018-09-28T05:48:47Z")

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Thank you Sir

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-running-elasticsearch/150166/4 "2018-10-26T05:48:48Z")

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