From 7804c3f0afbd93d91b5ffc8efd08f708ae723572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Roger A. Light" Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:05:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Note that 1024 "limit" is from operating systems, not Mosquitto. --- mosquitto.conf | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mosquitto.conf b/mosquitto.conf index c12193fe..841d1da9 100644 --- a/mosquitto.conf +++ b/mosquitto.conf @@ -228,8 +228,10 @@ # a per listener setting. # Default is -1, which means unlimited connections. # Note that other process limits mean that unlimited connections -# are not really possible. Typically the default maximum number of -# connections possible is around 1024. +# are not really possible. Typically operating systems such as Linux set a +# default maximum number of connections possible at around 1024. If you require +# more connections than this, the operating system limit must be increased with +# something like `ulimit`. #max_connections -1 # Choose the protocol to use when listening.