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@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ For the `.zip` and `.tar.gz` packages, set <<ulimit,`ulimit -n 65536`>> as
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root before starting Elasticsearch, or set `nofile` to `65536` in
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<<limits.conf,`/etc/security/limits.conf`>>.
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+On macOS, you must also pass the JVM option `-XX:-MaxFDLimit`
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+to Elasticsearch in order for it to make use of the higher file descriptor limit.
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RPM and Debian packages already default the maximum number of file
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descriptors to 65536 and do not require further configuration.
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