# /var/log/elasticsearch/_default/<cluster.name>.log [2017-02-11T12:32:49,108][WARN ][o.e.b.BootstrapCheck ] [vdr] max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536] The default value from /etc/init.d/elasticsearch "" - not overwritten from /etc/conf.d/elasticsearch - is not used? Is https://github.com/docker-library/elasticsearch/issues/140 related? Reproducible: Always Expected Results: Starts with default value 65536.
Sorry, "" is a a typo.
https://it.megocollector.com/linux/elasticsearch-bootstrap-checks-failed-resolved/ fixes the problem: "Node started"...
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/app-misc/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch.init7?id=7ff18b81bb4e21ceb1132fc722c04c1732db8211 rc_ulimit is applied by openrc before sourcing the init.d It's only intended to be used in the conf.d by openrc devs
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/4195