Merge pull request #540 from jmlrt/kibana-memory

Optimize Kibana memory usage
elastic · Mar 26, 2020 · c21e691 · c21e691
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diff --git a/kibana/README.md b/kibana/README.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ helm install --name kibana elastic/kibana --set imageTag=7.6.1
 | `elasticsearchHosts`      | The URLs used to connect to Elasticsearch.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `http://elasticsearch-master:9200`                                                                                        |
 | `elasticsearchURL`        | The URL used to connect to Elasticsearch. Deprecated, needs to be used for Kibana versions < 6.6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                           |
 | `replicas`                | Kubernetes replica count for the deployment (i.e. how many pods)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `1`                                                                                                                       |
-| `extraEnvs`               | Extra [environment variables](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-environment-variable-container/#using-environment-variables-inside-of-your-config) which will be appended to the `env:` definition for the container                                                                                                             | `[]`                                                                                                                      |
+| `extraEnvs`               | Extra [environment variables](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-environment-variable-container/#using-environment-variables-inside-of-your-config) which will be appended to the `env:` definition for the container                                                                                                             | `name: NODE_OPTIONS`<br>`value: "--max-old-space-size=1800"`                                                                   |
 | `secretMounts`            | Allows you easily mount a secret as a file inside the deployment. Useful for mounting certificates and other secrets. See [values.yaml](https://github.com/elastic/helm-charts/tree/master/kibana/values.yaml) for an example                                                                                                                                  | `[]`                                                                                                                      |
 | `image`                   | The Kibana docker image                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | `docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana`                                                                                         |
 | `imageTag`                | The Kibana docker image tag                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | `7.6.1`                                                                                                                   |
 | `imagePullPolicy`         | The Kubernetes [imagePullPolicy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/#updating-images) value                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `IfNotPresent`                                                                                                            |
 | `podAnnotations`          | Configurable [annotations](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/) applied to all Kibana pods                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `{}`                                                                                                                      |
-| `resources`               | Allows you to set the [resources](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/) for the statefulset                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `requests.cpu: 100m`<br>`requests.memory: 500Mi`<br>`limits.cpu: 1000m`<br>`limits.memory: 2Gi`                           |
+| `resources`               | Allows you to set the [resources](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/) for the statefulset                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `requests.cpu: 1000m`<br>`requests.memory: 2Gi`<br>`limits.cpu: 1000m`<br>`limits.memory: 2Gi`                           |
 | `protocol`                | The protocol that will be used for the readinessProbe. Change this to `https` if you have `server.ssl.enabled: true` set                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | `http`                                                                                                                    |
 | `serverHost`              | The [`server.host`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html) Kibana setting. This is set explicitly so that the default always matches what comes with the docker image.                                                                                                                                                                  | `0.0.0.0`                                                                                                                 |
 | `healthCheckPath`         | The path used for the readinessProbe to check that Kibana is ready. If you are setting `server.basePath` you will also need to update this to `/${basePath}/app/kibana`                                                                                                                                                                                        | `/app/kibana`                                                                                                             |

diff --git a/kibana/values.yaml b/kibana/values.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ replicas: 1
 # Extra environment variables to append to this nodeGroup
 # This will be appended to the current 'env:' key. You can use any of the kubernetes env
 # syntax here
-extraEnvs: []
+extraEnvs:
+  - name: "NODE_OPTIONS"
+    value: "--max-old-space-size=1800"
 #  - name: MY_ENVIRONMENT_VAR
 #    value: the_value_goes_here
 
@@ -33,11 +35,11 @@ podAnnotations: {}
 
 resources:
   requests:
-    cpu: "100m"
-    memory: "500Mi"
+    cpu: "1000m"
+    memory: "2Gi"
   limits:
     cpu: "1000m"
-    memory: "1Gi"
+    memory: "2Gi"
 
 protocol: http