# Increase nproc limit in ES Docker image

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increase-nproc-limit-in-es-docker-image/99101>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increase-nproc-limit-in-es-docker-image/99101 "2017-09-01T08:42:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickytd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickytd/32/21746_2.png) [@nickytd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickytd)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increase-nproc-limit-in-es-docker-image/99101/1 "2017-09-01T08:42:32Z")

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Hi  
in some K8S environments container users with ID 1000 are quite common. Current limit set in /etc/security/limits.d/20-nproc.conf is 4096 and that is easily hit on node running multiple pods. As a result es containers hit this limit and fail to start. Would it be possible to extend current setting of

- 

```
     soft nproc 4096

```

to

- 

```
     soft nproc 16384

```

Best regards  
Nikolai

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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:** [September 29, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increase-nproc-limit-in-es-docker-image/99101/2 "2017-09-29T08:42:43Z")

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