Increase max no of open files limit in Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 for Nginx

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# maximum capability of system
user@ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
708444

# available limit
user@ubuntu:~$ ulimit -n
1024

# To increase the available limit to say 200000
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf

# add the following line to it
fs.file-max = 200000

# run this to refresh with new config
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo sysctl -p

# edit the following file
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo vim /etc/security/limits.conf

# add following lines to it
* soft  nproc  200000
* hard  nproc  200000
* soft  nofile  200000
* hard  nofile  200000
root  soft  nproc  200000
root  hard  nproc  200000
root  soft  nofile  200000
root  hard  nofile  200000

# edit the following files
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo vim /etc/pam.d/common-session
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo vim /etc/pam.d/common-session-noninteractive

# add this line to both
session required pam_limits.so

# logout and login and try the following command
user@ubuntu:~$ ulimit -n
200000

# now you can increase no.of.connections per Nginx worker
# in Nginx main config /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
worker_connections 200000;
worker_rlimit_nofile 200000;


Extra Reference - https://underyx.me/2015/05/18/raising-the-maximum-number-of-file-descriptors