socket: Too many open files (24) apache bench lighttpd
When I start Apache Bench test: ab -n 10000 -c 1300 http://domain.com/test.php I get error: socket: Too many open files (24) When i change to '-c 1000' it works fine. Because I can have more than 1000 concurrent users I would like to fix socket too many open files problem or increase parameter. How to do this and where? I use lighttpd on centos 5. ulimit -n 10000 That might not work depending on you system configuration Consult this to configure your system. to permernent change max opened files limit, you should modify /etc/security/limits.conf and reboot system: echo -ne " * soft nofile