Description of problem: The RHDS 10 doc is showing the RHEL 6 configuration, it needs to be updated for RHEL 7 https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/10/html/Performance_Tuning_Guide/file-descriptors.html#ds-file-descriptors 3.3.2. Setting Directory Server File Descriptor Values " To reset the file descriptors for Directory Server: Edit the /etc/sysconfig/dirsrv file and add a new line setting the process ulimit. ulimit -n 8192 " should be " To tune the number of file descriptors for the Red Hat Directory Server: Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/dirsrv.systemd and uncomment the line specifying the file descriptor limit: LimitNOFILE=8192 or use the string "infinity" to configure with "no limit", but limited by /proc/sys/fs/file-max or sysctl fs.file-max " and 3.3.1. Resetting the Host Machine's File Descriptors also shows the RHEL6 statements " 2. If the setting is lower than 64000, edit the /etc/sysctl . co nf file, and reset the fs.file- max parameter: fs.file-max = 64000 3. Then increase the maximum number of open files on the system by editing the /etc/security/limits.conf configuration file. Add the following entry: * - nofile 8192 4. Edit the /etc/pam.d/system-auth, and add this entry: session required pam_limits.so 5. Reboot the machine to apply the changes. " I am not sure why it need to change PAM related settings for the LDAP service, the /etc/security/limits.conf may not be necessary, and /etc/pam.d/system-auth already has by default the line session required pam_limits.so so I would propose this: " 2. If the setting is lower than 64000, modify its value either for a temporary change: sysctl -w fs.file-max=64000 or for a permanent change, edit the configuration file /usr/lib/sysctl.d/00-system.conf fs.file-max = 64000 3. Reboot the system to apply the changes. " I tested with a super low FD number, reboot, and could not start ns-slapd as expected, so this simple configuration seem to properly affect the file descriptor configuration for RHDS 10 on RHEL 7 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
*** Bug 1292365 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We have the same outdated content in the DS Installation Guide. To avoid duplicate content, I replaced the section in the Performance Tuning Guide with a link to the section in the Installation Guide. I think the Install Guide is the better location for the content, because the DS setup script checks the file descriptors during the installation and recommends updating the settings, if necessary. For fixing the section in the Install Guide, BZ#1314129 exists. I'm closing this one as duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1314129 ***