UnderFenex
Hi, I have a setup of websockets using Phoenix Channels. I setup this configuration in Ubuntu:
sysctl -w fs.file-max=12000500
sysctl -w fs.nr_open=20000500
ulimit -n 20000000
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_mem='10000000 10000000 10000000'
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rmem='1024 4096 16384'
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_wmem='1024 4096 16384'
sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=16384
sysctl -w net.core.wmem_max=16384
When I check the ulimit -n, I get 65535
But When I’m load testing the websockets app with Tsung it always gets stuck at 993 socket connections. I’m thinking that the issue can be a limit in the OS?
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jakemorrison
Sounds like you have a 1024 port limit somewhere. Try these places: Tuning TCP ports for your Elixir app
UnderFenex
I have set the parameters as you mentioned. I’ve also followed the setup of The Road to 2 Million Socket connections. But I keep having the issue of being stuck al lower than 1000 sockets connections.
I have testes on a local vagrant machine, with the same configuration and I have no issues, what could be wrong? I have tried lightsail and Azure B1s, can these machines be lock to a hard limit?
@jakemorrison
UnderFenex
I have scaled the VM, but the issue persists. If I check: ulimit -a, i get:
axelson
Have you also checked the machine that is running Tsung? Perhaps the issue could be on that side.
UnderFenex
I am running Tsung from my local machine, I have tested 5k concurrent users agains a vagrant machine, without issues, but when I test again a Cloud VM, it always get stuck a lower than 1k users.
I am targeting the direct IP of the cloud VM. I have used lightsail and azure, and the issue persists, seems like its a configuration on the cloud VM, but I have no way to debug what could it be.
@axelson
UnderFenex
OS: Ubuntu 18.04. These are the parameters I’m setting up:
Sysctl:
Adding in /etc/security/limits.conf
Adding in /etc/pam.d/common-session
session required pam_limits.soAdding in /etc/pam.d/common-session-noninteractive
session required pam_limits.soAdding in /etc/systemd/system.conf
DefaultLimitNOFILE=500000Adding in /etc/systemd/user.conf
DefaultLimitNOFILE=500000What can be wrong?
UnderFenex
Do I need Nginx, because I’m just using Cowboy
UnderFenex
Thanx @axelson and @jakemorrison. The issue was that the parameters where to be set also in the Tsung server. I got confused because in my local setup Tsung didn’t have any problems.