How to set limits for services in RHEL 7 and systemd
Issue
How can I set the limits for services started at boot time via systemd?
Limits set in /etc/security/limits.conf or /etc/security/limits.d/*.conf are ignored.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
- systemd
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