# Where to set MAX\_LOCKED\_MEMORY=unlimited in Elasticsearch 5.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 11, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760 "2017-02-11T14:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sumo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sumo7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumo7)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760/1 "2017-02-11T14:22:02Z")
I run Ubuntu 16.04 in my production environment. I downloaded Elasticsearch 5.0 from TAR. According to [this post](http://stackoverflow.com/a/18152957/6033164), I can set MAX\_LOCKED\_MEMORY=unlimited in /etc/default/elasticsearch on Ubuntu 14.04, but there is no such file in that directory. I even created /etc/default/elasticsearch and put MAX\_LOCKED\_MEMORY=unlimited in that file, but it didn't work. Where can I set MAX\_LOCKED\_MEMORY=unlimited in my situation? ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760/2 "2017-02-12T00:11:10Z")
If you're running from the tar archive, `/etc/default/elasticsearch` and so on will never have any effect (it's only sourced by the System V init files). Instead, you have to modify `/etc/security/limits.conf` or create `/etc/security/limits.d/elasticsearch.conf` and set ```nohighlight - memlock unlimited ``` and start a new login shell for this to be picked up. ---
**Author:** ![sumo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sumo7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumo7)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760/3 "2017-02-12T10:58:59Z")
Thank you for your reply. Could you tell me how to start a new login shell for the setting to be picked up? I run systems using `systemd`, so I ran `systemctl daemon-reload` after the setup (Please tell me if this is a wrong command.). But I still get an error like the follows. ``` [2017-02-12T10:44:16,561][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] Unable to lock JVM Memory: error=12, reason=Cannot allocate memory [2017-02-12T10:44:16,564][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] This can result in part of the JVM being swapped out. [2017-02-12T10:44:16,564][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] Increase RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, soft limit: 65536, hard limit: 65536 [2017-02-12T10:44:16,564][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] These can be adjusted by modifying /etc/security/limits.conf, for example: # allow user 'ubuntu' mlockall ubuntu soft memlock unlimited ubuntu hard memlock unlimited ``` After I received this error, I set `ubuntu soft memlock unlimited` and `ubuntu hard memlock unlimited` in `/etc/security/limits.conf` and ran `systemctl daemon-reload`. But the error doesn't disappear. Now I looked into [this doc](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/setup-configuration-memory.html#disable-swap-files) in which they say there is another option to disable swapping. That option is to comment out any lines that contain the word `swap` in `/etc/fstab`, but there is no lines with the word in the first place in that file. Does this mean I don't have to do anything and it's configured correctly out of the box? ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760/4 "2017-02-12T12:16:48Z")
You said you're using the tar archive, not a package install that would setup systemd for you. Since you're not using systemd, there's no need to run any systemd commands here. To start a new login shell just logout and login again. ---
**Author:** ![sumo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sumo7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumo7)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760/5 "2017-02-12T12:33:03Z")
Oh, excuse my lack of knowledge. Yes, I downloaded Elasticsearch from TAR. After logging out and logging in, it worked. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760/6 "2017-02-12T12:51:55Z")
You're very welcome. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-set-max-locked-memory-unlimited-in-elasticsearch-5-0/74760/7 "2017-03-12T12:52:33Z")
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