The hard fd limit is lower than the recommended value

The hard fd limit is lower than the recommended value.
The hard limit is '4096' The recommended value is '64000'.

1. Go to your Search Head OR Indexer and open a GUI :

  

     https://<SearchHead_OR_Indexer_URL>:8000  <enter>

    

2.  Go to "Searching and Reporting" Application from the "Apps" Menu on the top left

3. Give the following Splunk Query on the Search Box :

index=_internal (transparent always)

OR recommended sourcetype=splunkd

| stats count by message, host

If the output comes as :

The hard fd limit is lower than the recommended value. 

The hard limit is '4096' The recommended value is '64000'.

Remedy :

1. Go to box ( Search Head ) OR ( Indexer ) as 

   ssh <Search_Head_IP> OR <Indexer_IP> <enter>

2.  ulimit -n 64000

3.  vi /etc/security/limits.conf <enter>

    # Add the below two lines in the file "limits.conf" 

    root          soft   nofile         64000

    root          hard   nofile         64000

4.  ulimit -Hn <enter>

    # Output should be '64000' 

Note : Hope whenever you encounter :

The hard fd limit is lower than the recommended value. 

The hard limit is '4096' The recommended value is '64000'.

the above error, you will be able to solve it immediately !!

Happy Splunking !