aptly - ERROR: unable to add mirror: open ../db/119222.ldb: too many open files

By xngo on February 16, 2020

I was adding a large number of deb's in a row. Aptly started to throw "too many open files**.

Solution

ulimit -n 64000

Reference

  • https://github.com/aptly-dev/aptly/issues/351

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Xuan Ngo is the founder of OpenWritings.net. He currently lives in Montreal, Canada. He loves to write about programming and open source subjects.