From 207be2763eafce043a9b7e9005165738e035a8e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benedikt Braunger <bebr@adm.ku.dk>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 23:00:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docker-entry: set ulimit for rsyslog

---
 docker-entry.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docker-entry.sh b/docker-entry.sh
index 5a336664..0eb8a501 100755
--- a/docker-entry.sh
+++ b/docker-entry.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ for svc in ${RUN_SERVICES}; do
     elif [ "$svc" = "rsyslogd" ]; then
         # TODO: can we switch to proper service start?
         #service rsyslog start
-        /usr/sbin/rsyslogd
+        # limit the amout of open files for rsyslog due to
+        # https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/5158#issuecomment-1708760846
+        ( ulimit -n 1024; /usr/sbin/rsyslogd )
         status=$?
         if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
             echo "Failed to start $svc: $status"