Node options from cfg file for production

.gitignore

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ disabledPlugins
 webpackstats.json
 /config/*
 !/config/kibana.yml
+!/config/node.options
 coverage
 selenium
 .babel_register_cache.json

config/node.options

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## Node command line options
+## See `node --help` and `node --v8-options` for available options
+## Please note you should specify one option per line
+
+## max size of old space in megabytes
+#--max-old-space-size=4096

docs/setup/production.asciidoc

@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ These can be used to automatically update the list of hosts as a cluster is resi
 Kibana has a default maximum memory limit of 1.4 GB, and in most cases, we recommend leaving this unconfigured.  In some scenarios, such as large reporting jobs,
 it may make sense to tweak limits to meet more specific requirements.
 
-You can modify this limit by setting `--max-old-space-size` in the `NODE_OPTIONS` environment variable. For deb and rpm, packages this is passed in via `/etc/default/kibana` and can be appended to the bottom of the file.
+You can modify this limit by setting `--max-old-space-size` in the `node.options` config file that can be found inside `kibana/config` folder or any other configured with the environment variable `KIBANA_PATH_CONF` (for example in debian based system would be `/etc/kibana`).
 
 The option accepts a limit in MB:
 --------
-NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=2048" bin/kibana
+--max-old-space-size=2048
 --------

package.json

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "uiFramework:documentComponent": "cd packages/kbn-ui-framework && yarn documentComponent",
     "kbn:watch": "node scripts/kibana --dev --logging.json=false",
     "build:types": "tsc --p tsconfig.types.json",
-    "docs:acceptApiChanges": "node  --max-old-space-size=6144  scripts/check_published_api_changes.js --accept",
+    "docs:acceptApiChanges": "node --max-old-space-size=6144 scripts/check_published_api_changes.js --accept",
     "kbn:bootstrap": "node scripts/register_git_hook",
     "spec_to_console": "node scripts/spec_to_console",
     "backport-skip-ci": "backport --prDescription \"[skip-ci]\"",

src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/kibana

@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
 done
 
 DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
+CONFIG_DIR=${KIBANA_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
 NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
 test -x "$NODE"
 if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
   echo "unable to find usable node.js executable."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-NODE_OPTIONS="--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536 ${NODE_OPTIONS}" NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli" ${@}
+if [ -f "${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options" ]; then
+  KBN_NODE_OPTS="$(grep -v ^# < ${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options | xargs)"
+fi
+
+NODE_OPTIONS="--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536 $KBN_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli" ${@}

src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/kibana-keystore

@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
 done
 
 DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
+CONFIG_DIR=${KIBANA_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
 NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
 test -x "$NODE"
 if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
   echo "unable to find usable node.js executable."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-"${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli_keystore" "$@"
+if [ -f "${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options" ]; then
+  KBN_NODE_OPTS="$(grep -v ^# < ${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options | xargs)"
+fi
+
+NODE_OPTIONS="$KBN_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli_keystore" "$@"

src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/kibana-keystore.bat

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
 
-SETLOCAL
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
 for %%I in ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") do set DIR=%%~dpfI
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ If Not Exist "%NODE%" (
   Exit /B 1
 )
 
+set CONFIG_DIR=%KIBANA_PATH_CONF%
+If [%KIBANA_PATH_CONF%] == [] (
+  set CONFIG_DIR=%DIR%\config
+)
+
+IF EXIST "%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options" (
+  for /F "eol=# tokens=*" %%i in (%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options) do (
+    If [!NODE_OPTIONS!] == [] (
+      set "NODE_OPTIONS=%%i"
+    )	Else (
+      set "NODE_OPTIONS=!NODE_OPTIONS! %%i"
+    )
+  )
+)
+
 TITLE Kibana Keystore
 "%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli_keystore" %*
 

src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/kibana-plugin

@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
 done
 
 DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
+CONFIG_DIR=${KIBANA_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
 NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
 test -x "$NODE"
 if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
   echo "unable to find usable node.js executable."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-NODE_OPTIONS="--no-warnings ${NODE_OPTIONS}" NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli_plugin" "$@"
+if [ -f "${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options" ]; then
+  KBN_NODE_OPTS="$(grep -v ^# < ${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options | xargs)"
+fi
+
+NODE_OPTIONS="--no-warnings $KBN_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli_plugin" "$@"

src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/kibana-plugin.bat

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
 
-SETLOCAL
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
 for %%I in ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") do set DIR=%%~dpfI
@@ -13,9 +13,26 @@ If Not Exist "%NODE%" (
   Exit /B 1
 )
 
-TITLE Kibana Server
+set CONFIG_DIR=%KIBANA_PATH_CONF%
+If [%KIBANA_PATH_CONF%] == [] (
+  set CONFIG_DIR=%DIR%\config
+)
+
+IF EXIST "%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options" (
+  for /F "eol=# tokens=*" %%i in (%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options) do (
+    If [!NODE_OPTIONS!] == [] (
+      set "NODE_OPTIONS=%%i"
+    )	Else (
+      set "NODE_OPTIONS=!NODE_OPTIONS! %%i"
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+:: Include pre-defined node option
+set "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-warnings %NODE_OPTIONS%"
 
-set "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-warnings %NODE_OPTIONS%" && "%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli_plugin" %*
+TITLE Kibana Server
+"%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli_plugin" %*
 
 :finally
 

src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/kibana.bat

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
 
-SETLOCAL
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
 for %%I in ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") do set DIR=%%~dpfI
@@ -14,7 +14,27 @@ If Not Exist "%NODE%" (
   Exit /B 1
 )
 
-set "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536 %NODE_OPTIONS%" && "%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli" %*
+set CONFIG_DIR=%KIBANA_PATH_CONF%
+If [%KIBANA_PATH_CONF%] == [] (
+  set CONFIG_DIR=%DIR%\config
+)
+
+IF EXIST "%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options" (
+  for /F "eol=# tokens=*" %%i in (%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options) do (
+    If [!NODE_OPTIONS!] == [] (
+      set "NODE_OPTIONS=%%i"
+    )	Else (
+      set "NODE_OPTIONS=!NODE_OPTIONS! %%i"
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+:: Include pre-defined node option
+set "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536 %NODE_OPTIONS%"
+
+:: This should run independently as the last instruction
+:: as we need NODE_OPTIONS previously set to expand
+"%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli" %*
 
 :finally
 

src/dev/build/tasks/copy_source_task.js

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export const CopySourceTask = {
         'typings/**',
         'webpackShims/**',
         'config/kibana.yml',
+        'config/node.options',
         'tsconfig*.json',
         '.i18nrc.json',
         'kibana.d.ts',