From 961d9b6107bd94a35eeb3f60f3ab9d303d2d7238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kostas Botsas Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 18:50:53 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] enable new udp buffer limits sysctl -w only updates sysctl.conf with new values For the OS to start using the new values (force read sysctl.conf), sysctl -p is required. --- plugins/inputs/udp_listener/README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/README.md b/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/README.md index ee675f535..95f0e751f 100644 --- a/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/README.md +++ b/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/README.md @@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=8388608 sysctl -w net.core.rmem_default=8388608 ``` +To enable the new values without a system restart, type the following command as root: + +``` +sysctl -p +``` + ### BSD/Darwin On BSD/Darwin systems you need to add about a 15% padding to the kernel limit