How did I fix «Memory overcommit must be enabled» on `redis-server --daemonize yes`?

dmitrii_fediuk · October 29, 2023, 3:10pm

2023-10-29--18-10-08

WARNING Memory overcommit must be enabled!
Without it, a background save or replication may fail under low memory condition.
Being disabled, it can also cause failures without low memory condition, see github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/issues/1328.
To fix this issue add 'vm.overcommit_memory = 1' to /etc/sysctl.conf and then reboot or run the command 'sysctl vm.overcommit_memory=1' for this to take effect.

dmitrii_fediuk · October 31, 2023, 3:57pm

Step 1

github.com

discourse-pro/wsl/blob/2023-10-31-2/etc/sysctl.conf#L1-L4


      
          # 2023-10-31
          # 1) "«Memory overcommit must be enabled» on `redis-server --daemonize yes`": https://github.com/discourse-pro/wsl/issues/2
          # 2) "How did I fix «Memory overcommit must be enabled» on `redis-server --daemonize yes`?": https://df.tips/t/2043
          vm.overcommit_memory = 1

Step 2

reboot