luxolus
/
open-vault
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues 1 Pull Requests Releases Activity

Mention `disable_mlock` in deploy walkthrough

This commit is contained in:
Sheldon Hearn 2015-05-28 13:24:28 +02:00
parent 71c462b3b2
commit 85fbdae5f5
1 changed files with 18 additions and 0 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

18
website/source/intro/getting-started/deploy.html.md
View File

@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ You'll notice that you can't execute any commands. We don't have any
auth information! When you first setup a Vault server, you have to start
by _initializing_ it.
On Linux, Vault may fail to start with the following error:
```shell
$ vault server -config=example.hcl
Error initializing core: Failed to lock memory: cannot allocate memory
This usually means that the mlock syscall is not available.
Vault uses mlock to prevent memory from being swapped to
disk. This requires root privileges as well as a machine
that supports mlock. Please enable mlock on your system or
disable Vault from using it. To disable Vault from using it,
set the `disable_mlock` configuration option in your configuration
file.
```
For guidance on dealing with this issue, see the discussion of
`disable_mlock` in [Server Configuration](/docs/config/index.html).
## Initializing the Vault
Initialization is the process of first configuring the Vault. This