This cookbook is used to configure system limits.conf as well as limits.d configuration files. It is available at the Supermarket or GitHub.
- Debian
- Ubuntu
- Fedora
- CentOS
- Red Hat
This should work on most linux platforms, but it has not been explicitly testing unless in the list above.
Under most circumstances, these can be left at the defaults.
Key | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
['limits']['system_conf'] |
String | Location of system-wide limits.conf | /etc/security/limits.conf |
['limits']['conf_dir'] |
String | Location of limits.d directory | /etc/security/limits.d |
Key | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
use_system |
Boolean | Set a system-wide limit? | false |
filename |
String | Filename that will contain limit | {resource name} , unused if use_system == true |
domain |
String or Integer | domain of limit | {resource name} |
type |
String or Integer | type of limit | nil |
item |
String or Integer | item of limit | nil |
value |
String or Integer | value of limit | nil |
# Limits for Alice
set_limit 'alice' do
type 'hard'
item 'nofile'
value 2048
end
set_limit 'alice' do
type 'soft'
item 'nofile'
value 1024
end
# System-wide limits
set_limit '*' do
type 'hard'
item 'nofile'
value 4096
use_system true
end
set_limit '*' do
type 'soft'
item 'nofile'
value 1024
use_system true
end
Would render:
# /etc/security/limits.d/alice.conf
alice hard nofile 2048
alice soft nofile 1024
# /etc/security/limits.conf
* hard nofile 4096
* soft nofile 1024
Name | Description |
---|---|
:create |
creates limits config file (default) |
:delete |
deletes limits config file |
Key | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
use_system |
Boolean | Set system-wide limits? | false |
filename |
String | Filename that will contain limits | {resource name} , unused if use_system == true |
limits |
Array | Array of limits (see examples) | [] |
# Limits for Alice
limits_config 'alice' do
limits [
{ domain: 'alice', type: 'hard', item: 'nofile', value: 2048 },
{ domain: 'alice', type: 'soft', item: 'nofile', value: 1024 }
]
end
# System-wide limits
limits_config 'system-wide limits' do
limits [
{ domain: '*', type: 'hard', item: 'nofile', value: 4096 },
{ domain: '*', type: 'soft', item: 'nofile', value: 1024 }
]
use_system true
end
Would render:
# /etc/security/limits.d/alice.conf
alice hard nofile 2048
alice soft nofile 1024
# /etc/security/limits.conf
* hard nofile 4096
* soft nofile 1024
Testing was performed using Chef Development Kit 0.3.5.
chef exec rspec
kitchen test
- Author: Jordan Wesolowski ([email protected])
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