limits.conf

config security

System resource limits (ulimits) for users/groups

/etc/security/limits.d/{name}.conf

Limits Entry

Config filename

Used as filename: {name}.conf

Domain (user/group/@group/*)

* for all users, @groupname for group, username for specific user

Open files soft limit (nofile)

Open files hard limit (nofile)

Max processes soft limit (nproc)

Max processes hard limit (nproc)

Locked memory soft limit (memlock)

In KB. 'unlimited' for databases. Empty to omit.

Locked memory hard limit (memlock)

Core dump soft limit (core)

In KB. 0 to disable core dumps. Empty to omit.

Core dump hard limit (core)

# Resource limits for * * soft nofile 65535 * hard nofile 65535 * soft nproc 65535 * hard nproc 65535