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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>2017-05-02 19:11:44 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>2017-05-09 14:32:12 +0000
commitdc97b558a263a9512e7157be966d45fe142b93dd (patch)
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parentAdding missing bind-ro handling in container create command, thanks to Simon ... (diff)
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Adding sysctl config for procps to increase inotify limits in order to run more than a few containers on a system.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>
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+# The default limits are set to small and eventually lead to errors like
+# the following on container start:
+# Failed to allocate directory watch: Too many open files
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+# /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_queued_events defaults to 16384
+fs.inotify.max_queued_events=1048576
+
+# /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances defaults to 128
+fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1048576
+
+# /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches defaults to 8192
+fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576