Sample Inotify Config
Increase Inotify Limits
One-liner using heredoc:
sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-inotify.conf > /dev/null <<'EOF'
# Inotify limits for file watching
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 256
fs.inotify.max_queued_events = 16384
EOF
OR use your editor of choice to edit config file
You can use your CLI editor of choice vi/nano/... and edit the /etc/sysctl.d/99-inotify.conf file new limits like the following: (or )
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 256
fs.inotify.max_queued_events = 16384
Apply the changes:
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-inotify.conf
Verify it worked:
sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches; \
sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_instances; \
sysctl fs.inotify.max_queued_events
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