Omitting vm.overcommit_memory

An improperly configured value for the vm.overcommit_memory property in the /etc/sysctl.conf file might cause the setup or start-server tool to fail.

For Linux systems, the vm.overcommit_memory property sets the kernel policy for memory allocations. The default value of 0 indicates that the kernel determines the amount of free memory to grant a malloc call from an application. If the property is set to a value other than zero, the operating system might grab too much memory, reducing the amount of available memory for the setup or start-server tools.