[DOCU-623] Warn that install of Magnolia can fail on MacBooks if the open file limit is not set Created: 19/Oct/15 Updated: 26/Nov/15 Resolved: 05/Nov/15 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Documentation |
| Component/s: | None |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Improvement | Priority: | Critical |
| Reporter: | Philipp Bärfuss | Assignee: | Antti Hietala |
| Resolution: | Done | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
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| Description |
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To avoid that user run into |
| Comments |
| Comment by Antti Hietala [ 19/Oct/15 ] |
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Added OS X specific instructions in Too many open files. We already had prior instructions for Ubuntu where this issue may also occur. |
| Comment by Milan Divilek [ 21/Oct/15 ] |
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Mac OSX Step 2 2. Run the following commands in a terminal: sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=65536 sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=65536 Problem with the step is that upon the next reboot the kern.maxfiles will go back to the default value. To set it permanently it needs to be added to /etc/sysctl.conf. /etc/sysctl.conf doesn't exist by default. So if it doesn't exist then just create it. Then add desired settings to it, for example: kern.maxfiles=65536 kern.maxfilesperproc=65536 |
| Comment by Antti Hietala [ 21/Oct/15 ] |
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Added steps to set the kernel limit. |
| Comment by Antti Hietala [ 05/Nov/15 ] |
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Reopened. I got the open files warning upon installation even though I have done the steps documented in Too many open files. I'm running Macbook Air with OS X El Capitan 10.11.1. We need to either document different steps for each OS X version or link to some canonical source for resolving this issue such as the Stack Exchange answer. |