Set the maximum number of open files in the systemd unit

This prevents IPFS reaching the limit (1024 by default), which is treated like a low disk space threshold by ipfs and ipfs-cluster
67P · Apr 26, 2019 · c6853c4 · c6853c4
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diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 license          'MIT'
 description      'Installs/Configures ipfs'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.1.2'
+version          '0.1.3'
 
 supports %w(ubuntu debian)
 

diff --git a/templates/default/ipfs-cluster.systemd.service.erb b/templates/default/ipfs-cluster.systemd.service.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs-cluster-service daemon --upgrade
 User=ipfs
 Group=ipfs
 Restart=always
+# Raise the ulimit (max number of open files)
+LimitNOFILE=64000
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/templates/default/ipfs.systemd.service.erb b/templates/default/ipfs.systemd.service.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ipfs daemon --migrate
 User=ipfs
 Group=ipfs
 Restart=always
+# Raise the ulimit (max number of open files)
+LimitNOFILE=64000
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target