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Ovais Jaffery
Ovais Jaffery

Reputation: 13

docker : How to increase memory allocated to docker (Version: 17.12.0-ce)

I am new to docker and somehow stuck with very less memory allocated to docker on my machine. The max limit it shows here is 15 mb. Can anyone suggest how to increase this limit ? do i have to uninstall and reinstall docker or there is some easy way to do that ?

I am using docker on win 10 in linux environment. The advanced setting doesnt show 2GB limit , it only shows the 15 mb limit which is too less for my computational requirement.

Any sort of help / guidance would be welcome please. Best regards.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7664

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1328602

The question "Docker windows container memory limit" mentions the -m option of docker run.

Try that first:

-m, --memory=""

Memory limit (format: <number>[<unit>]).
Number is a positive integer.
Unit can be one of b, k, m, or g. Minimum is 4M.

The OP reports using:

docker run --memory=4g

However:

  • Docker for Windows through HyperV might limit a container memory to 1G anyway (see issue 31604).
  • docker run requires an image name to run: see docker run man page.

Upvotes: 2

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