Document bare minimum configuration for default recipe

[mattupstate]

I would, perhaps unfairly, assume that the default recipe without any attribute configuration should install and configure elasticsearch as a system service. I've been trying to get this working on a Vagrant VM (precise64 box). The VM is provisioned without error but elasticsearch is not running, nor will it run. Attempts to start the service always fail without any decent error messages.

Judging from the Vagrant file provided by the cookbook, there is a lot of configuration going on in order to get elasticsearch running properly. However, I can't distill from this file what exactly is the bare minimum to get a VM up and running.

[karmi]

If it's a Vagrant virtual box, you need to set mlockall to false. Also, you can use the bundled Vagrant integration and just 'vagrant up'.

On Tuesday, 23. April 2013 at 21:42, Matt Wright wrote:

I would, perhaps unfairly, assume that the default recipe without any attribute configuration should install and configure elasticsearch as a system service. I've been trying to get this working on a Vagrant VM (precise64 box). The VM is provisioned without error but elasticsearch is not running, nor will it run. Attempts to start the service always fail without any decent error messages.
Judging from the Vagrant file provided by the cookbook, there is a lot of configuration going on in order to get elasticsearch running properly. However, I can't distill from this file what exactly is the bare minimum to get a VM up and running.

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[mattupstate]

mlockall did the trick. Thanks for the tip.