Fix Docker Compose error - max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count 65530 is too low, increase to at least 262144

Learn how to fix Docker Compose error - max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count 65530 is too low, increase to at least 262144

Steps to fix Docker Compose error - max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count 65530 is too low, increase to at least 262144

Increase VM max map count to the respective value

sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

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KarChunT

Fri Mar 28 2025