Public bug reported: We had an incident where rabbitmq-server would stop accepting connections, with the following message in the log:
=WARNING REPORT==== 24-Nov-2020::09:46:02 === file descriptor limit alarm set. ******************************************************************** *** New connections will not be accepted until this alarm clears *** ******************************************************************** However, when checking the fd limits these are set quite high: root@juju-efcc41-12-lxd-0:~# cat /etc/default/rabbitmq-server # Generated by juju # bump ulimit so rabbit can support lots of connections ulimit -n 65536 root@juju-efcc41-12-lxd-0:~# grep Limit /lib/systemd/system/rabbitmq-server.service LimitNOFILE=65536 On the other hand, checking fd usage via lsof, `lsof -u rabbitmq` would only report abt. 900 open fds After bouncing rabbitmq it resumed accepting connects Versions: rabbitmq-server 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.2 Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS ** Affects: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1905423 Title: Rabbit reports "file descriptor limit alarm set", does not accept connections To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rabbitmq-server/+bug/1905423/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs