# Heap size max on kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heap-size-max-on-kibana/155293>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 4, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heap-size-max-on-kibana/155293 "2018-11-04T09:15:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heap-size-max-on-kibana/155293/1 "2018-11-04T09:15:35Z")

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Hi,  
how can i increase the heap size memory for kibana. Currently i have max and min of 1gb.

Anyone could help me on this.

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heap-size-max-on-kibana/155293/2 "2018-11-05T01:56:13Z")

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The Kibana server runs in node.js. To increase the heap size, add the following environment variable `export NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8000`

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**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heap-size-max-on-kibana/155293/3 "2018-11-05T02:11:06Z")

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Thanks for your reply,

May I know the file path for node.js

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**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heap-size-max-on-kibana/155293/4 "2018-11-07T11:53:22Z")

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Anyone can help me on this

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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:** [December 5, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heap-size-max-on-kibana/155293/5 "2018-12-05T11:53:31Z")

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