# Setting ES\_MIN\_MEM and ES\_MAX\_MEM **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 19, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-es-min-mem-and-es-max-mem/15900 "2014-02-19T16:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pablo\_Musa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@Pablo\_Musa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pablo_Musa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-es-min-mem-and-es-max-mem/15900/1 "2014-02-19T16:57:24Z")
Hi guys, I am trying to set -Xmm and -Xms when starting elasticsearch. It should be very easy clean, however I am using debian and I am running my elasticsearch by "service" command. I could put it to work editing .../bin/elasticsearch.in.sh or .../init.d/elasticsearch. But I don't think this is a good/clean solution. Is there any file where I should put these settings that will overwrite the default value? I read the following links but could not find any working solution. (my installation does not have any elasticsearch.conf). [http://jprante.github.io/2012/11/28/Elasticsearch-Java-Virtual-Machine-settings-explained.html](http://jprante.github.io/2012/11/28/Elasticsearch-Java-Virtual-Machine-settings-explained.html) [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service.html) [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-configuration.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-configuration.html) [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Very-long-GC-td4039479.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Very-long-GC-td4039479.html) > **[ElasticSearch and Logstash Tuning](https://jablonskis.org/2013/elasticsearch-and-logstash-tuning/index.html)** > > I was slightly familiar with elasticsearch and logstash before at a very > minimum level. But just a couple of days ago I had a chance to play with both > toys at a larger scale. I was given a box with elasticsearch, redis and > logstash already running,... > Thanks, Pablo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d8ebe072-fb7b-4ab8-9ecc-9a3246529918%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d8ebe072-fb7b-4ab8-9ecc-9a3246529918%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-es-min-mem-and-es-max-mem/15900/2 "2014-02-19T21:40:24Z")
/etc/default/elasticsearch is the one you want. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 20 February 2014 03:57, [pablitomusa@gmail.com](mailto:pablitomusa@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi guys, > I am trying to set -Xmm and -Xms when starting elasticsearch. It should be > very easy clean, however I am using debian and I am running my > elasticsearch by "service" command. I could put it to work editing .../bin/ > elasticsearch.in.sh or .../init.d/elasticsearch. But I don't think this > is a good/clean solution. Is there any file where I should put these > settings that will overwrite the default value? > > I read the following links but could not find any working solution. (my > installation does not have any elasticsearch.conf). > > [http://jprante.github.io/2012/11/28/Elasticsearch-Java-Virtual-Machine-settings-explained.html](http://jprante.github.io/2012/11/28/Elasticsearch-Java-Virtual-Machine-settings-explained.html) > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service.html) > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-configuration.html) > [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Very-long-GC-td4039479.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Very-long-GC-td4039479.html) > [ElasticSearch and Logstash Tuning – Vaidas Jablonskis](http://jablonskis.org/2013/elasticsearch-and-logstash-tuning/index.html) > > [How to set Memory limits to elasticsearch in Debian? - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12954136/how-to-set-memory-limits-to-elasticsearch-in-debian) > > Thanks, > Pablo > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d8ebe072-fb7b-4ab8-9ecc-9a3246529918%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d8ebe072-fb7b-4ab8-9ecc-9a3246529918%40googlegroups.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624Y89CSLTXdXZpAOLhdFdqwYQOBwxZW-Pnz2ckz9Hbt0gg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624Y89CSLTXdXZpAOLhdFdqwYQOBwxZW-Pnz2ckz9Hbt0gg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_Musa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@Pablo\_Musa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pablo_Musa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-es-min-mem-and-es-max-mem/15900/3 "2014-02-20T16:13:12Z")
Great, it worked. Yesterday I tried adding in this same file the option -Xms=4g in the ES\_JAVA\_OPTS but it was not working. Guess I just had to update the ES\_HEAP\_SIZE as it was overwriting my previous option. Thanks a lot, Pablo Musa On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:40:24 PM UTC, Mark Walkom wrote: > /etc/default/elasticsearch is the one you want. > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 20 February 2014 03:57, \<[pabli...@gmail.com](mailto:pabli...@gmail.com) \\> wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > I am trying to set -Xmm and -Xms when starting elasticsearch. It should > > be very easy clean, however I am using debian and I am running my > > elasticsearch by "service" command. I could put it to work editing .../bin/ > > elasticsearch.in.sh or .../init.d/elasticsearch. But I don't think this > > is a good/clean solution. Is there any file where I should put these > > settings that will overwrite the default value? > > > > I read the following links but could not find any working solution. (my > > installation does not have any elasticsearch.conf). > > > > [http://jprante.github.io/2012/11/28/Elasticsearch-Java-Virtual-Machine-settings-explained.html](http://jprante.github.io/2012/11/28/Elasticsearch-Java-Virtual-Machine-settings-explained.html) > > > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service.html) > > > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-configuration.html) > > > > [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Very-long-GC-td4039479.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Very-long-GC-td4039479.html) > > [ElasticSearch and Logstash Tuning – Vaidas Jablonskis](http://jablonskis.org/2013/elasticsearch-and-logstash-tuning/index.html) > > > > [How to set Memory limits to elasticsearch in Debian? - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12954136/how-to-set-memory-limits-to-elasticsearch-in-debian) > > > > Thanks, > > Pablo > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d8ebe072-fb7b-4ab8-9ecc-9a3246529918%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d8ebe072-fb7b-4ab8-9ecc-9a3246529918%40googlegroups.com) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3e6aa2ba-30c7-42b7-a777-4a90edf33d2a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3e6aa2ba-30c7-42b7-a777-4a90edf33d2a%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-es-min-mem-and-es-max-mem/15900/4 "2017-07-06T01:48:37Z")