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However, if a process is already running, it might have a different ulimit configuration than the current shell that you run the ulimit -a command in.
Is it possible to find out the ulimit settings for Resilient Circuits?
Soft versus Hard limits
Soft limits are the current setting for a particular limit. They can be increased only to the current hard limit setting.
Hard limits are the maximum limit that can be configured. Any changes to these require root access.
Temporary Settings (for current session)
ulimit -[H|S]limit_name limit_value
Temporary settings are set via the command line that uses the ulimit command. The limit_name must be present in the command (see the chart). These settings are only temporary for the current session and might be lost once the session is over or the terminal window is closed.This syntax can be used within shell scripts. Any processes created from these shell scripts have the temporary settings for the lifetime they are running.
By default, the soft limit is changed (as changing the hard limit needs root access). Use -H (for hard limits) or -S (for soft limits) to change specific hard or soft limits.
Global SettingsAny changes to these global configuration limits files must be performed by your system administrator. Instructions on how to edit the files can be found on the man page or in the commented section of the configuration file, as they can vary between versions of UNIX or Linux.
The format of the file, which differs slightly on versions Linux, allows individual limits per users or groups, as well as set hard and soft limits. The limits defined in this configuration file are set globally.
Changes made to any limits file take effect when launching a new login shell (such as bash -l), or if the user logs out and logs back in to the system.
Specifics for each Operating System:
The most up-to-date information on the limits can be found in the man page for "ulimit".Global settings are set in the file /etc/security/limits.conf.
The format for setting each limit is as follows:
<domain> <type> <item> <value>
<domain> controls which users or groups have these limits
<type> is either the string "soft" or "hard" limits.
The hyphen "-" can also be used which represents both soft and hard limits
<item> and <value> are shown in the table. Most values can also use the string unlimited.
This table might not represent all ulimit items as they can vary between Linux variants. See the ulimit man page or the limits.conf file for further information.
Command Line limit_name | /etc/security/limits.conf <item> | Description |
ulimit -c [value] | core | Max core dump file size (KB) |
ulimit -d [value] | data | Max data size (KB) |
ulimit -f [value] | fsize | Max file size (KB) |
ulimit -l [value] | memlock | Max size of address space that can be locked into memory (KB) |
ulimit -n [value] | nofile | Max number of open files/sockets per process** |
ulimit -u [value] | nproc | Max number of processes for a single user |
ulimit -m [value] | rss | Max resident set size (KB) |
ulimit -s [value] | stack | The maximum stack size (KB) |
ulimit -t [value] | cpu | Max CPU time (minutes or seconds) |
* soft nofile 2048 * hard nofile 4096
[Service] LimitNOFILE=4096
sudo systemctl restart resilient_circuits
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