Verifying and tuning search indexing#

For search indexing to work correctly, a compute node must be able to communicate with the server. To verify this:

  1. Run:

    curl -m 5 $AEN_SERVER > /dev/null
    
  2. Verify that there are sufficient inotify watches available for the number of subdirectories within the project root file system:

    cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
    

    NOTE: Some Linux distributions default to a low number of watches, which may prevent the search indexer from monitoring project directories for changes.

  3. If necessary, increase the number of watches:

    echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=100000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p
    
  4. Verify that there are sufficient inotify user instances available—at least one per project:

    cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances
    
  5. If necessary, increase the number of inotify user instances:

    echo fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p