Hi, I just upgraded to 14.04 during which it asked if I wanted to keep the old /etc/sysctl.conf file or accept the maintainers release. I accepted the new one, but I’ve kept a copy of the old. I noticed there are some ‘# Digital Ocean Recommended Settings:’ lines. Is it recommended that I add these back into the new file? (or has DO released a new sysctl.conf file I should copy in?) Thanks in advance, -Duncan.
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Hello,
I just install Ubuntu Server 14.04.3 and my sysctl1.conf is empty, what should I do?
@peter: Keeping the old file should be fine. The DigitalOcean defaults are the same.
The settings added to /etc/sysctl.conf for 14.04 are: <br> <br><pre> <br># Digital Ocean Recommended Settings: <br>net.core.wmem_max=12582912 <br>net.core.rmem_max=12582912 <br>net.ipv4.tcp_rmem= 10240 87380 12582912 <br>net.ipv4.tcp_wmem= 10240 87380 12582912 <br></pre>
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