Basic first-run installation tasks fail on Ubuntu 18.04 with 16 GB of memory, 7GB free

[mikaelhg]

Trying to perform basic first-run installation tasks immediately fails on Ubuntu 18.04 with 16 GB of memory, of which 7 GB is available. The same also happens natively, without the Docker container, but it's handier for reproduction.

Step 6/7 : RUN bin/gu install python
 ---> Running in 78c0b49ce4f8
Downloading: Component catalog
Processing component archive: Component python
Downloading: Component python
Installing new component: Graal.Python (org.graalvm.python, version 1.0.0-rc4)

IMPORTANT NOTE:
---------------
Set of Graal VM components that provide language implementations have changed. The Polyglot native image and polyglot native C library may be out of sync: 
- new languages may not be accessible
- removed languages may cause the native binary to fail on missing resources or libraries.
To rebuild and refresh the native binaries, use the following command:
        /graal/jre/bin/gu rebuild-images


Removing intermediate container 78c0b49ce4f8
 ---> 303b0afe5e0c
Step 7/7 : RUN bin/gu rebuild-images polyglot
 ---> Running in c44218fceb90
Building polyglot...
   classlist:   3,255.61 ms
       (cap):   1,077.35 ms
       setup:   3,360.95 ms
GraalVM 1.0.0-rc4 warning: INFO: os::commit_memory(0x0000000523180000, 2804416512, 0) failed; error='Cannot allocate memory' (errno=12)
#
# There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
# Native memory allocation (mmap) failed to map 2804416512 bytes for committing reserved memory.
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /graal/hs_err_pid47.log
Error: Image building with exit status 1
The command '/bin/sh -c bin/gu rebuild-images polyglot' returned a non-zero code: 1

Right after the crash:

$ free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          15979        8129        6746         569        1102        6950
Swap:          2047        1861         186

Dockerfile available at https://github.com/mikaelhg/nobody-has-tested-basic-graal-installation.

Build command:

docker build -t graal-installation https://github.com/mikaelhg/nobody-has-tested-basic-graal-installation.git

[mikaelhg]

In the reddit thread someone mentioned that the free memory requirement for building polyglot images is approximately 10 Gb.

[mikaelhg]

Closed as outdated.