From 76e3b2710e1d0ea4c4646aefc6b93102aa4d6e9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aetter Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:34:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update important-settings.md --- _opensearch/install/important-settings.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/_opensearch/install/important-settings.md b/_opensearch/install/important-settings.md index f39331c9..830cd058 100644 --- a/_opensearch/install/important-settings.md +++ b/_opensearch/install/important-settings.md @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ nav_order: 70 # Important settings -For production workloads, make sure the [Linux setting](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt) `vm.max_map_count` is set to at least 262144. On the OpenSearch Docker image, this setting is the default. To check, start a Bash session in the container and run: +For production workloads, make sure the [Linux setting](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt) `vm.max_map_count` is set to at least 262144. Even if you use the Docker image, set this value on the *host machine*. To check the current value, run this command: ```bash cat /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count ``` -To increase this value, you have to modify the Docker image. For other install types, add this setting to the host machine's `/etc/sysctl.conf` file with the following line: +To increase the value, add the following line to `/etc/sysctl.conf`: ``` vm.max_map_count=262144