You may need to increase the maximum number of file descriptors on a system with large configurations. The procedure below describes how to increase the limit on a Linux system.
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Check the current limit:
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$ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
Change the limit:
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$ sysctl -w fs.file-max=<new limit>
The limit will be reset to the previous value if the host is rebooted. Add or update the following line in the file /etc/sysctl.conf to make the change permanent: