I got following error while installing Elasticsearch 5.4.0 from .deb file: dpkg -i elasticsearch-5.4.0.deb Selecting previously unselected package elasticsearch. (Reading database ... 54562 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack elasticsearch-5.4.0.deb ... Unpacking elas…

After increasing RAM to 4G I now see logs. It says: bootstrap checks failed max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144] system call filters failed to install; check the logs and fix your configuration or disable system call filters at your own risk …

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warkolm (Mark Walkom) May 24, 2017, 9:20am 2

Are you running that command as root?

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