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Rolf Larsen updated CASSANDRA-12887: ------------------------------------ Description: After trying to adjust max open files for cassandra in /etc/security/limits.d/cassandra.conf and not understanding why my changes didnt work i found this in the initscript: {code} FD_LIMIT=100000 ulimit -n "$FD_LIMIT" {code} As per documentation of "Recommended production settings" it says that one should modify /etc/security/limits.d/cassandra.conf but these settings are overriden by initscript. https://docs.datastax.com/en/landing_page/doc/landing_page/recommendedSettingsLinux.html was: After trying to adjust max open files for cassandra in /etc/security/limits.d/cassandra.conf and not understanding why my changes didnt work i found this in the initscript: {code} FD_LIMIT=100000 ulimit -n "$FD_LIMIT" {code} As per documentation of "Recommended production settings" it says that one should modify /etc/security/limits.d/cassandra.conf but these settings are overriden by initscript. > /etc/security/limits.d/cassandra.conf nofile overridden by initscript > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CASSANDRA-12887 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12887 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Packaging > Environment: Ubuntu 14.04 > Reporter: Rolf Larsen > Fix For: 3.0.x > > > After trying to adjust max open files for cassandra in > /etc/security/limits.d/cassandra.conf and not understanding why my changes > didnt work i found this in the initscript: > {code} > FD_LIMIT=100000 > ulimit -n "$FD_LIMIT" > {code} > As per documentation of "Recommended production settings" it says that one > should modify /etc/security/limits.d/cassandra.conf but these settings are > overriden by initscript. > https://docs.datastax.com/en/landing_page/doc/landing_page/recommendedSettingsLinux.html -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)