apachescalabilitylighttpdfile-descriptor

socket: Too many open files (24) Apache bench lighttpd

When I start Apache Bench test:

ab -n 10000 -c 1300 http://example.com/test.php

I get error:

socket: Too many open files (24)

When I change it 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.

Solution 
  • ulimit -n 10000

    That might not work depending on you system configuration Consult this to configure your system.