From 3ed47500827a040bfbd5ef19d7f983a5e42a1330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Pill Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 19:31:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add link to elastic max_map_count configuration (#99) --- README.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 707091e..036fd55 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ Based on the official images: 2. Install [Docker-compose](http://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) **version >= 1.6**. 3. Clone this repository -## Increase max_map_count on your host (Linux) +## Increase max_map_count on your host -You need to increase `max_map_count` on your Docker host: +You need to increase `max_map_count` on your Docker host. +To do this follow the recommended instructions within the elastic documentation: -```bash -$ sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144 -``` +https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html#docker-cli-run-prod-mode ## SELinux