elasticsearch:5.0.0 max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] likely too low, increase to at least [262144]

[czerasz]

I get this message when I try to run the elasticsearch:5.0.0 image:

$ docker run -it --rm --name=es-test  elasticsearch:5.0.0 
[2016-07-15 09:07:35,914][WARN ][bootstrap                ] unable to install syscall filter: 
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: seccomp unavailable: your kernel is buggy and you should upgrade
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Seccomp.linuxImpl(Seccomp.java:279)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Seccomp.init(Seccomp.java:616)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.trySeccomp(JNANatives.java:215)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.trySeccomp(Natives.java:99)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:94)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:147)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:250)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:96)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:53)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:70)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:63)
[2016-07-15 09:07:36,040][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] version[5.0.0-alpha4], pid[1], build[3f5b994/2016-06-27T16:23:46.861Z], OS[Linux/4.4.0-28-generic/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_91/25.91-b14]
[2016-07-15 09:07:36,040][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] initializing ...
[2016-07-15 09:07:36,773][INFO ][plugins                  ] [Count Abyss] modules [percolator, lang-mustache, lang-painless, reindex, aggs-matrix-stats, lang-expression, ingest-common, lang-groovy], plugins []
[2016-07-15 09:07:37,296][INFO ][env                      ] [Count Abyss] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/usr/share/elasticsearch/data (/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root)]], net usable_space [344.8gb], net total_space [446gb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4]
[2016-07-15 09:07:37,297][INFO ][env                      ] [Count Abyss] heap size [1.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2016-07-15 09:07:38,437][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] initialized
[2016-07-15 09:07:38,437][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] starting ...
[2016-07-15 09:07:38,521][INFO ][transport                ] [Count Abyss] publish_address {172.17.0.2:9300}, bound_addresses {[::]:9300}
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: bootstrap checks failed
initial heap size [268435456] not equal to maximum heap size [2147483648]; this can cause resize pauses and prevents mlockall from locking the entire heap
max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] likely too low, increase to at least [262144]
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:125)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:85)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:65)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.validateNodeBeforeAcceptingRequests(Bootstrap.java:178)
    at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:373)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:193)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:252)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:96)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:53)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:70)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:63)
Refer to the log for complete error details.
[2016-07-15 09:07:38,528][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] stopping ...
[2016-07-15 09:07:38,537][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] stopped
[2016-07-15 09:07:38,538][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] closing ...
[2016-07-15 09:07:38,546][INFO ][node                     ] [Count Abyss] closed

I also tried this:

$ docker run -it --rm --name=es-test -v $PWD/configuration/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml elasticsearch:5.0.0
[2016-07-15 09:12:37,798][WARN ][bootstrap                ] unable to install syscall filter: 
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: seccomp unavailable: your kernel is buggy and you should upgrade
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Seccomp.linuxImpl(Seccomp.java:279)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Seccomp.init(Seccomp.java:616)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.trySeccomp(JNANatives.java:215)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.trySeccomp(Natives.java:99)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:94)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:147)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:250)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:96)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:53)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:70)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:63)
[2016-07-15 09:12:37,907][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] version[5.0.0-alpha4], pid[1], build[3f5b994/2016-06-27T16:23:46.861Z], OS[Linux/4.4.0-28-generic/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_91/25.91-b14]
[2016-07-15 09:12:37,907][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] initializing ...
[2016-07-15 09:12:38,754][INFO ][plugins                  ] [winner] modules [percolator, lang-mustache, lang-painless, reindex, aggs-matrix-stats, lang-expression, ingest-common, lang-groovy], plugins []
[2016-07-15 09:12:39,334][INFO ][env                      ] [winner] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/usr/share/elasticsearch/data (/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root)]], net usable_space [344.8gb], net total_space [446gb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4]
[2016-07-15 09:12:39,334][INFO ][env                      ] [winner] heap size [1.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2016-07-15 09:12:40,509][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] initialized
[2016-07-15 09:12:40,509][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] starting ...
[2016-07-15 09:12:40,592][INFO ][transport                ] [winner] publish_address {172.17.0.2:9300}, bound_addresses {[::]:9300}
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: bootstrap checks failed
initial heap size [268435456] not equal to maximum heap size [2147483648]; this can cause resize pauses and prevents mlockall from locking the entire heap
max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] likely too low, increase to at least [262144]
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:125)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:85)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:65)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.validateNodeBeforeAcceptingRequests(Bootstrap.java:178)
    at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:373)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:193)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:252)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:96)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:91)
    at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:53)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:70)
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:63)
Refer to the log for complete error details.
[2016-07-15 09:12:40,598][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] stopping ...
[2016-07-15 09:12:40,608][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] stopped
[2016-07-15 09:12:40,608][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] closing ...
[2016-07-15 09:12:40,616][INFO ][node                     ] [winner] closed

With the following config:

cluster.name: development
node.name: winner
bootstrap.memory_lock: false
network.host: 0.0.0.0
discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 1

[pwaller]

Same here.

[yosifkit]

Duplicate of #98,

[fahimbabarpatel]

set max_map_count value (Linux)

sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

[Mohammadtrabelsi]

From this link The vm_max_map_count kernel setting needs to be set to at least 262144 for production use. Depending on your platform:
Linux

The vm_map_max_count setting should be set permanently in /etc/sysctl.conf:

$ grep vm.max_map_count /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.max_map_count=262144

To apply the setting on a live system type:

sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

[DavidBates]

If you are using this docker image with the official mac version of docker simply go to the docker icon > preferences > advanced and slide the memory to be above 2GB.