{"id":3459,"date":"2016-01-27T08:07:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T08:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2021-02-06T09:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T09:26:52","slug":"how-to-increase-max-open-file-limit-in-linux-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-increase-max-open-file-limit-in-linux-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Increase Max Open File Limit in Linux System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes we faced issue like \u201cToo many open files\u201d on heavy load server. It means that our server has hit max open file limit. Now to <strong>increase open file limit on Linux<\/strong>,Follow below article.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check Current Open File Limit<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Use following command to check open file limit in your Linux system:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># cat \/proc\/sys\/fs\/file-max\r\n50000<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Increase Open File Limit in Linux<\/h3>\n<p>As per our requirement we can increase open file limit temporarily or permanently.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Temporarily Increase Open File Limit<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To temporarily increase open file limit on Linux system, Use one of the following command. These setting will vanish after system reboot.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># sysctl -w fs.file-max=500000\r\nor\r\n# echo \"500000\" &gt; \/proc\/sys\/fs\/file-max<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Permanently Increase Open File Limit<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Edit <strong>\/etc\/sysctl.conf<\/strong> and append following configuration to permanently increase open file limit on Linux system. These setting will remain even after system reboot.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># nano \/etc\/sysctl.conf\r\nfs.file-max = 500000<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>After editing the configuration file execute following command to update the changes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\"># sysctl -p<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes we faced issue like \u201cToo many open files\u201d on heavy load server. 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