# How to increase Kibana Memory? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [February 15, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-kibana-memory/297204 "2022-02-15T01:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-kibana-memory/297204/1 "2022-02-15T01:27:17Z")
Hello, How can i Increase the memory that Kibana uses? I tried following this part of the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.16/production.html#memory), but it does not work, there is no change in the memory used in the monitoring. I want to use 4096 MB for Kibana, currently it is using 2048 MB ( 2GB ) What I've tried and **didn't** work: - Setting `--max-old-space-size=4096` in `/etc/kibana/node.options` - Setting `--max-old-space-size=4096` in `/etc/kibana/config/node.options` - Setting `NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"` in `/etc/sysconfig/kibana` - Setting `NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"` in `/etc/default/kibana` I even edited the `/usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana` start script and added the `--max-old-space-size=4096` in the `NODE_OPTIONS` variable, but also no change, the monitoring still shows the Kibana max heap as 2 GB. How can I tell Kibana to use 4 GB of memory instead of 2 GB? The Machine has plenty free memory, currently it has 16 GB and only runs Kibana. I'm on 7.16.3. ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-kibana-memory/297204/2 "2022-02-24T12:12:42Z")
@tiagocosta can we please get some help? Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-kibana-memory/297204/3 "2022-02-24T13:38:11Z")
Hello @bhavyarm, Just an update, I had a call yesterday with the support about this issue, we couldn't find the cause nor the solution, Kibana ignores the configuration and doesn't change the memory. On the call we agreed that I will try to do a fresh install of Kibana to see if this is related to something left from the upgrades, but I will need to wait for a maintenance window on my side. I will update this after that, maybe it will help someone. ---
**Author:** ![tiagocosta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tiagocosta/32/40045_2.png) [@tiagocosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tiagocosta)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-kibana-memory/297204/4 "2022-02-28T17:17:48Z")
@leandrojmp could you just try to change the `node.options` file in the config folder? [kibana/node.options at 7.16 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/7.16/config/node.options#L6) Cheers ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-kibana-memory/297204/5 "2022-02-28T22:01:51Z")
Hello @tiagocosta, This was already tried, all the options to change the `node.options` file and `NODE_OPTIONS` variable were already tried and none worked. We tried with `node.options` in `/etc/kibana` and in the fallback location `/usr/share/kibana/config`, none worked. Also tried to set `NODE_OPTIONS` in `/etc/default/kibana` and `/etc/sysconfig/kibana`, and also directly on the startup script as well, with no success. If you want to check the support case, the number is `# 00900799`, but all the documented options were already tried. The only thing that we didn't tried yet was a full reinstall of Kibana, as this install was upgraded from 7.9 to 7.12 and to 7.16, it is planned but I need to wait for a maintenance window. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-kibana-memory/297204/6 "2022-03-28T22:02:08Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.