errro low heap memory

[mkscala]

My compose file: version: '2' services: elasticsearch: image: elasticsearch:5 command: elasticsearch environment: # This helps ES out with memory usage - ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx1g -Xms1g volumes: # Persist elasticsearch data to a volume - elasticsearch:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data # Extra ES configuration options - ./es/elasticsearch.yml:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml ports: - "9200:9200" - "9300:9300"

kibana:
  image: kibana:5
  environment:
    # Point Kibana to the elasticsearch container
    - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://elasticsearch:9200
  ports:
    - "5601:5601"
  links:
    - elasticsearch

volumes: elasticsearch:

/docker-elk5$ docker-compose up Starting dockerelk5_elasticsearch_1 Starting dockerelk5_kibana_1 Attaching to dockerelk5_elasticsearch_1, dockerelk5_kibana_1 elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:04,047][INFO ][node ] [logstash] initializing ... elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:04,148][INFO ][env ] [logstash] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/usr/share/elasticsearch/data (/dev/vda)]], net usable_space [72.8gb], net total_space [117.9gb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:04,148][INFO ][env ] [logstash] heap size [989.8mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:04,152][INFO ][node ] [logstash] version[5.0.0-alpha5], pid[1], build[d327dd4/2016-08-04T08:59:39.568Z], OS[Linux/3.13.0-24-generic/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_102/25.102-b14] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,093][INFO ][io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent] Your platform does not provide complete low-level API for accessing direct buffers reliably. Unless explicitly requested, heap buffer will always be preferred to avoid potential system unstability. elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [ingest-common] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [lang-expression] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [lang-groovy] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [lang-mustache] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [lang-painless] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [percolator] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [reindex] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [transport-netty3] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] loaded module [transport-netty4] elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:05,219][INFO ][plugins ] [logstash] no plugins loaded kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"yellow","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Waiting for Elasticsearch","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["error","elasticsearch"],"pid":18,"message":"Request error, retrying\nHEAD http://elasticsearch:9200/ => connect ECONNREFUSED 172.28.0.2:9200"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","info"],"pid":18,"state":"green","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["listening","info"],"pid":18,"message":"Server running at http://0.0.0.0:5601"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","ui settings","info"],"pid":18,"state":"yellow","message":"Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Elasticsearch plugin is yellow","prevState":"uninitialized","prevMsg":"uninitialized"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["warning","elasticsearch"],"pid":18,"message":"Unable to revive connection: http://elasticsearch:9200/"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["warning","elasticsearch"],"pid":18,"message":"No living connections"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","error"],"pid":18,"state":"red","message":"Status changed from yellow to red - Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://elasticsearch:9200.","prevState":"yellow","prevMsg":"Waiting for Elasticsearch"} kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:06Z","tags":["status","ui settings","error"],"pid":18,"state":"red","message":"Status changed from yellow to red - Elasticsearch plugin is red","prevState":"yellow","prevMsg":"Elasticsearch plugin is yellow"} elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,402][INFO ][node ] [logstash] initialized elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,403][INFO ][node ] [logstash] starting ... elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,535][INFO ][transport ] [logstash] publish_address {127.0.0.1:9300}, bound_addresses {[::]:9300} elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,542][INFO ][bootstrap ] [logstash] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,547][WARN ][bootstrap ] [logstash] uncaught exception in thread [main] elasticsearch_1 | org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupError: java.lang.RuntimeException: bootstrap checks failed elasticsearch_1 | max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] likely too low, increase to at least [262144] elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:105) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:96) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:88) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:54) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:75) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:68) elasticsearch_1 | Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: bootstrap checks failed elasticsearch_1 | max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] likely too low, increase to at least [262144] elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:132) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:85) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:65) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.validateNodeBeforeAcceptingRequests(Bootstrap.java:178) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:471) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:193) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:257) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:101) elasticsearch_1 | ... 6 more elasticsearch_1 | Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalStateException: max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] likely too low, increase to at least [262144] elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193) elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1374) elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:481) elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:471) elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:151) elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:174) elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) elasticsearch_1 | at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEach(ReferencePipeline.java:418) elasticsearch_1 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck.check(BootstrapCheck.java:133) elasticsearch_1 | ... 13 more elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,549][INFO ][node ] [logstash] stopping ... elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,745][INFO ][node ] [logstash] stopped elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,746][INFO ][node ] [logstash] closing ... elasticsearch_1 | [2016-09-15 21:16:07,766][INFO ][node ] [logstash] closed dockerelk5_elasticsearch_1 exited with code 1 kibana_1 | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2016-09-15T21:16:09Z","tags":["status","plugin:[email protected]","error"],"pid":18,"state":"red","message":"Status changed from red to red - Service Unavailable","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://elasticsearch:9200."}

[jmreicha]

Check this issue.

Basically you need to set max_map_count to be higher. You can set it with something like sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144.