JBoss hot deploying EJB3 deployments causing 'java.net.SocketException: Too many open files'

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Issue

  • We deploy many times during the day using an automated build tool. At least 4 times a day per application with a total of 2 applications, so we're looking at minimum of 8 hot deployments a day.
  • Seeing the following error:
    java.net.SocketException: Too many open files

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)

  • EJB3 deployments

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