diff --git a/templates/default/sysctl.d-elasticsearch.conf.erb b/templates/default/sysctl.d-elasticsearch.conf.erb
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+vm.max_map_count=262144
diff --git a/templates/default/tmpfiles.d-elasticsearch.conf.erb b/templates/default/tmpfiles.d-elasticsearch.conf.erb
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+d    /var/run/elasticsearch   0755 elasticsearch elasticsearch - -