Update README.md (#6372)
Improve documentation about file descriptors and systemd configuration.
Markos Fountoulakis committed
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@@ -119,15 +119,14 @@ or system-wide file descriptor limits. You can roughly estimate that the netdata
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descriptors for every 10 streaming slave hosts when streaming is configured to use `memory mode = dbengine`.
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If for example one wants to allocate 65536 file descriptors to the netdata service on a systemd system
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-one needs to edit the netdata systemd file `netdata.service` in `/lib/systemd/system` or `/usr/lib/systemd/system`
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-and add the line:
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+one needs to override the netdata service by running `sudo systemctl edit netdata` and creating a
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+file with contents:
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```
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+[Service]
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LimitNOFILE=65536
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```
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-in the `[Service]` section.
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For other types of services one can add the line:
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```
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ulimit -n 65536