[SOLVED] SonarQube Max virtual memory areas vm max_map_count 65530 is too low, increase to at least [262144]

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Problem -> SonarQube Max virtual memory areas vm max_map_count 65530

The system isn’t allowed to get the requested virtual memory amount.

In computing, virtual memory, or virtual storage[b] is a memory management technique that provides an “idealized abstraction of the storage resources that are actually available on a given machine”[3] which “creates the illusion to users of a very large (main) memory”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory

Solution

Run the following command before attempting to start Sonar or issuing your docker-compose command:

sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

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