, but I'm offering this number, as it was not set
by me, but by wiser minds than mine.
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> Original Message
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Too many connections warning
> Local Time: December 7, 2017 10:46 AM
> UTC Time
Hi
I think tor already has 32k open files limit, hence the error. Just to make
sure, try this:
cat /proc/`cat /run/tor/tor.pid`/limits
Notice the line with "Max open files"
Depending on how tor is started, you might need to change the config:
with systemd
I believe this warning describes a lack of available file descriptors,
limiting the amount of connections your tor relay is able to make.
ulimit -n is exactly the command you want to use to raise that limit from
your current 1024.
What exactly that number should be, I couldn't say, but you could
I run the non-exit relay Logforme
(855BC2DABE24C861CD887DB9B2E950424B49FC34).
Today I saw a new warning in my tor log file:
Dec 07 09:48:12.000 [warn] Failing because we have 32735 connections
already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance.
The relay runs on an old Debian Wheezy machine. Me
