# How can I set the option for ls.cgroup.cpuacct.path.override and ls.cgroup.cpu.path.override in Docker?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-the-option-for-ls-cgroup-cpuacct-path-override-and-ls-cgroup-cpu-path-override-in-docker/158612
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-the-option-for-ls-cgroup-cpuacct-path-override-and-ls-cgroup-cpu-path-override-in-docker/158612 "2018-11-28T15:39:12Z")
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### Author:  [@bluecoffee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluecoffee)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-the-option-for-ls-cgroup-cpuacct-path-override-and-ls-cgroup-cpu-path-override-in-docker/158612/1 "2018-11-28T15:39:12Z")
Hi!
I'm running Logstash as a docker container. In the debug logs, I get very frequent message like this;
> logstash\_1 | [2018-11-28T15:30:32,132][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup.cpuacctresource] File /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/docker//cpuacct.usage cannot be found, try providing an override 'ls.cgroup.cpuacct.path.override' in the Logstash JAVA\_OPTS environment variable
> logstash\_1 | [2018-11-28T15:30:32,145][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup.cpuresource] File /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/docker//cpu.cfs\_period\_us cannot be found, try providing an override 'ls.cgroup.cpu.path.override' in the Logstash JAVA\_OPTS environment variable
> logstash\_1 | [2018-11-28T15:30:32,157][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup.cpuresource] File /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/docker//cpu.cfs\_quota\_us cannot be found, try providing an override 'ls.cgroup.cpu.path.override' in the Logstash JAVA\_OPTS environment variable
My two questions are:
- To which value should I set these options?
- How can I set them, when I run a docker container (and do not want to replace the whole jvm.options config file - I use the default one and do not touch it).
For the former, I have the impression that I should set it simply to "/", but as I fail to actually set it, I cannot test that.
I've tried to pass an environment variable in my docker-compose file like this:
```auto
# This does not seem to work:
- LS_JAVA_OPTS="ls.cgroup.cpuacct.path.override=/ ls.cgroup.cpu.path.override=/"
```
but during startup I see no indication of the value being picked up. I use debug level, and config.debug=true, but I see nothing.
Any hint on this?
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### Author:  [@guyboertje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guyboertje)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-the-option-for-ls-cgroup-cpuacct-path-override-and-ls-cgroup-cpu-path-override-in-docker/158612/2 "2018-11-28T16:20:01Z")
This is the [change we made](https://github.com/elastic/logstash-docker/blob/master/build/logstash/bin/docker-entrypoint#L9) to the Elastic Logstash Docker image
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### Author:  [@bluecoffee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluecoffee)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-the-option-for-ls-cgroup-cpuacct-path-override-and-ls-cgroup-cpu-path-override-in-docker/158612/3 "2018-11-29T10:19:00Z")
Hi Guy!
Thanks a lot for the quick reply! I updated my docker image to 6.5 and it solved the problem!
Apparently, I should have put `-D` in front of the settings. Good to know for next time!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-the-option-for-ls-cgroup-cpuacct-path-override-and-ls-cgroup-cpu-path-override-in-docker/158612/4 "2018-12-27T10:19:01Z")
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