I am using Tomcat 5.5.15 with JDK 1.5.0 update 7 on RedHat Enterprise. I tested my web application by refreshing a page many times, the Tomcat server crashed and thrown exception below:
Jul 6, 2010 11:21:38 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint acceptSocket SEVERE: Endpoint [SSL: ServerSocket[addr= 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0,port=0,localport=8443]] ignored exception: java.net.SocketException: Too many open files java.net.SocketException: Too many open files at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketAccept(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.accept(PlainSocketImpl.java:384) at java.net.ServerSocket.implAccept(ServerSocket.java:450) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLServerSocketImpl.accept(SSLServerSocketImpl.java:259) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.acceptSocket(JSSESocketFactory.java:110) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.acceptSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:407) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:70) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Jul 6, 2010 11:21:38 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint acceptSocket WARNING: Reinitializing ServerSocket Jul 6, 2010 11:21:38 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint acceptSocket SEVERE: Endpoint null ignored exception: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr-files/ssl-truststore (Too many open files) java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr-files/ssl-truststore (Too many open files) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.getStore(JSSESocketFactory.java:279) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.getTrustStore(JSSESocketFactory.java:256) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSE14SocketFactory.getTrustManagers(JSSE14SocketFactory.java:174) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSE14SocketFactory.init(JSSE14SocketFactory.java:109) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.createSocket(JSSESocketFactory.java:88) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.initEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:292) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.acceptSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:468) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:70) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Jul 6, 2010 11:21:38 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint acceptSocket WARNING: Restarting endpoint Jul 6, 2010 11:21:38 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint acceptSocket SEVERE: Endpoint null shutdown due to exception: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /.keystore (Too many open files) java.io.FileNotFoundException: /.keystore (Too many open files) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.getStore(JSSESocketFactory.java:279) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.getKeystore(JSSESocketFactory.java:222) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSE14SocketFactory.getKeyManagers(JSSE14SocketFactory.java:141) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSE14SocketFactory.init(JSSE14SocketFactory.java:109) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESocketFactory.createSocket(JSSESocketFactory.java:88) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.initEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:292) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.acceptSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:480) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:70) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Jul 6, 2010 11:21:38 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable run SEVERE: Caught exception (java.lang.ThreadDeath) executing org.apache.tomcat.util.net.leaderfollowerworkerthr...@117a4c6, terminating thread Jul 6, 2010 11:21:41 AM org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext list WARNING: Could not get dir listing for /usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.16/webapps/windtalker/WEB-INF/lib Jul 6, 2010 11:21:41 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader modified INFO: Additional JARs have been added Jul 6, 2010 11:21:41 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext reload INFO: Reloading this Context has started