I commented xms and xmx in jvm.options, added export ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms800m -Xmx800m" in ./bash_profile. And echo $ES_JAVA_OPTS returns "-xms800m -Xmx800m". But when I restart ES by .bin/elasticsearch, such a heap setting doesn't take effect. Why? How should I set the ES_JAVA_OPTS? It has been sol…

How to set heap size via environment variable ES_JAVA_OPTS?

li_jessen2016 (Li Jessen) December 18, 2018, 1:40am 5

I tried it again. Just added "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms1g -Xmx1g" in .bash_profile, it works. The issue was the property of .bash_file, it only works for the current console/terminal, but not for other consoles/terminals unless you restart Linux.

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How to set heap size via environment variable ES_JAVA_OPTS?

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