what's difference between worker_connections and worker_rlimit_nofile

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 09:23:33PM +0800, 任晓磊 wrote:

> worker_rlimit_nofile for file descriptors and worker_connections for
> network connections?
> If I am right, worker_rlimit_nofile must be larger than worker_connections.

worker_rlimit_nofiles adjusts system limit on number of open 
files in nginx worker, while worker_connections is number of 
connections nginx will allow.

System limit on number of open files must be larger than number of 
worker_connections as any connection opens at least one file 
(usually two - connection socket and either backend connection 
socket or static file on disk).

> And, what's the relationship between `ulimit -n' and worker_rlimit_nofile?

Via "ulimit -n" you may set the same system limit on number of 
open files.  It doesn't really matter which method is used to set 
limit (ulimit or worker_rlimit_nofile directive).  Though 
sometimes worker_rlimit_nofile is more convenient as it allows to 
adjust limit without restarting nginx.

Maxim Dounin