# Increasing open files limit

<div id="bkmrk-">  
</div>##### Increasing xroad-proxy open file limits w/o host restart (temporary solution)

<div id="bkmrk-prlimit---pid-%3Cxroad">`prlimit --pid <xroad-proxy-PID> --nofile=10000:30000`</div><div id="bkmrk--1">  
</div>##### Increasing xroad-proxy open file limits

<div id="bkmrk-su---xroad">su - xroad</div><div id="bkmrk-prlimit---pid-%3Cxroad-1">prlimit --pid &lt;xroad-proxy-PID&gt;</div><div id="bkmrk--2">  
</div><div id="bkmrk-%2Fetc%2Fsecurity%2Flimits">/etc/security/limits.conf</div><div id="bkmrk-xroad-soft-nofile-10">xroad soft nofile 10000</div><div id="bkmrk-xroad-hard-nofile-30">xroad hard nofile 30000</div><div id="bkmrk--3">  
</div><div id="bkmrk-%2Flib%2Fsystemd%2Fsystem%2F">/lib/systemd/system/xroad-proxy.service</div><div id="bkmrk-limitnofile%3D10000">LimitNOFILE=10000</div><div id="bkmrk--4">  
</div><div id="bkmrk-systemctl-daemon-rel">systemctl daemon-reload</div><div id="bkmrk-service-xroad-proxy-">service xroad-proxy restart</div>