Rabbitmq File Descriptor Limit
Solution 1
You might want to look at this page
Apparently, this operation depends on the OS version. If you have a systemd, you should do the following in /etc/systemd/system/rabbitmq-server.service.d/limits.conf file:
Notice that this service configuration might be somewhere else according to the operating system you are using. You can use the following command to find where this service configuration is located and update that file.
find / -name "*rabbitmq-server.service*"
[Service]
LimitNOFILE=300000
On the other hand, if you do not have the systemd folder, you should try this in your rabbitmq-env.conf file:
ulimit -S -n 4096
Solution 2
Increase / Set maximum number of open files
sudo sysctl -w fs.file-max=65536
These limits are defined in /etc/security/limits.conf
sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf
and set
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Per user settings for rabbitmq process can also be set in
/etc/default/rabbitmq-server
sudo nano /etc/default/rabbitmq-server
and set
ulimit -n 65536
Then reboot the server for changes to take effect.
faruk.kuscan
Updated on June 20, 2022Comments
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faruk.kuscan almost 2 years
Rabbitmq documentation says that we need to do some configuration before we use it on production. One of the configuration is about maximum open file number (which is an OS parameter).
Rabbitmq server we use is running on Ubuntu 16.04 and according to resources I found on web, I updated the number of open files as 500k. When I check it from command line, I get the following output:
root@madeleine:~# ulimit -n 500000
However when I look at the rabbitmq server status, I see another number.
root@madeleine:~# rabbitmqctl status | grep 'file_descriptors' -A 4 {file_descriptors, [{total_limit,924}, {total_used,19}, {sockets_limit,829}, {sockets_used,10}]},
It seems like, I managed to increase the limit on OS side, but rabbitmq still thinks that total limit of file descriptors is 924.
What might be causing this problem?
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faruk.kuscan over 6 yearsThese steps seems like working. ulimit -n now returns 65536 but still, in rabbitmqctl status command's output, file_descriptors values are not increased.
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cwhsu over 6 yearsubuntu 16.04 /lib/systemd/system/rabbitmq-server.service add LimitNOFILE under [Service] block works
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Miroslav almost 5 years@cwhsu, this is really bad advice as that file can be overwritten by package updates.
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Miroslav almost 5 yearsThe proper way to edit systemd service is
sudo systemctl edit rabbitmq-server.service
- this will figure out what is the correct location for your override file and open it in your preferred editor. Then you can just add the[Service]
block as suggested, save and quit. systemctl will then also reload the configuration for you. -
Сергей Рыбаков over 4 yearsAnother way (ubuntu 16.04). After installation there is no folder
/etc/systemd/system/rabbitmq-server.service.d
. Just create it and put filelimits.conf
in that folder. In file add the[Service]
block as in answer. Then in consolesudo service rabbitmq-server restart
for restart andsudo rabbitmqctl status
for check.