too many open files

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:10:28AM -0400, Ilan Berkner wrote:

> how to handle?
> 
> 2009/09/10 10:09:30 [alert] 9691#0: accept() failed (24: Too many open
> files)

You have to tune your OS.  Under FreeBSD:

sysctl kern.maxfiles=65535
sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc=60000

and then either restart nginx or reconfigure it with 
worker_rlimit_nofile set in config.

Under Linux it should be something like:

echo 65535 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max

(never tested).

Consult your OS docs for instructions how to make this changes 
permanent (usually you have to add them into /etc/sysctl.conf).

Maxim Dounin