# : max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count \[65530\] is too low, increase to at least \[262144\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-virtual-memory-areas-vm-max-map-count-65530-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-262144/334132>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 23, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-virtual-memory-areas-vm-max-map-count-65530-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-262144/334132 "2023-05-23T14:16:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ramon\_Moraga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ramon_moraga/32/118013_2.png) [@Ramon\_Moraga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramon_Moraga)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-virtual-memory-areas-vm-max-map-count-65530-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-262144/334132/1 "2023-05-23T14:16:10Z")

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I'm trying to mount elk in an aws ecs fargate container but I can't put the vm.max\_map\_count on it. And I get this error (bootstrap check failure [1] of [1]: max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count [65530] is too low , increase to at least [262144]) does anyone know how I can do it. I have an image with a Dokerfile in ecr

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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:** [June 20, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-virtual-memory-areas-vm-max-map-count-65530-is-too-low-increase-to-at-least-262144/334132/2 "2023-06-20T14:16:43Z")

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