Installation - file table overflow

[iGitScor]

Hi folks,

thank you for the great work.
I've tried to reinstall reaction (I installed it few months ago) but after following install steps I've got an issue.

Expected behavior

Run the reaction framework

Actual Behavior

Using settings file at settings/dev.settings.json

Setting up plugin imports...

Setting up style imports...

[[[[[ ~/Documents/dev/shop ]]]]]

=> Started proxy.
=> A patch (Meteor 1.4.2.7) for your current release is available!
   Update this project now with 'meteor update --patch'.
=> Started MongoDB.
/Users/username/.meteor/packages/coffeescript/.1.11.1_4.1jq3ymo++os+web.browser+web.cordova/plugin.compileCoffeescript.os/npm/node_modules/meteor/promise/node_modules/meteor-promise/promise_server.js:190
      throw error;
      ^

Error: ENFILE: file table overflow, scandir '/Users/username/Documents/dev/shop/packages/gridfs'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:808:18)
    at Object.wrapper (/tools/fs/files.js:1535:35)
    at readDirectory (/Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.6vwv24++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/fs/watch.js:291:26)
    at Watcher._fireIfDirectoryChanged (/Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.6vwv24++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/fs/watch.js:436:23)
    at /Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.6vwv24++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/fs/watch.js:682:12
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Function._.each._.forEach (/Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.6vwv24++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
    at Watcher._checkDirectories (/Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.6vwv24++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/fs/watch.js:671:7)
    at new Watcher (/Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.6vwv24++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/fs/watch.js:385:10)
    at setupClientWatcher (/tools/runners/run-app.js:786:23)
    at AppRunner._runOnce (/tools/runners/run-app.js:797:7)
    at AppRunner._fiber (/tools/runners/run-app.js:876:28)
    at /tools/runners/run-app.js:403:12

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

• I installed reaction-cli
• I launched the following commands:

npm install -g reaction-cli
reaction init shop
cd shop
reaction

npm packages were updated, then I get the previous stack trace error.
I've tried to run reaction pull then reaction run and I got the same issue.
I've also tried to launch meteor, same result.

Configuration

• Node v6.1.0
• npm v4.2.0
• Mac OS Sierra 10.12.2

Do you need more information ?

Thank you

[aaronjudd]

This looks related to #1590 as well as the related meteor issue meteor/meteor#8002

Short story, increasing your OS X file limits should help:

$ echo kern.maxfiles=65536 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
$ echo kern.maxfilesperproc=65536 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
$ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=65536
$ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=65536
$ ulimit -n 65536

[iGitScor]

Thank you @aaronjudd

I would like to know the impact to the environnement, is it sure ?
I don't like modify OS configuration for development. I do not feel comfortable with this idea

[aaronjudd]

Looks like you are also running an older version of meteor, and probably reaction. Meteor has resolved many of the file issues in 1.4.2.7, which we are running in development branch, and which will be released to master today. This should help, but generally this is a documented issue (actually there's a of related lot of issues) in the Meteor project, and while I agree with you about modifying the dev env, this is a suggested workaround.

[jshimko]

@iGitScor all you're modifying is the amount of open files the OS will allow. This is required for Meteor's live reload to happen on file changes. And this is something that's completely reversible.

http://blog.mact.me/2014/10/22/yosemite-upgrade-changes-open-file-limit

[iGitScor]

Perfect, the modifications work for me, thank you guys !

[talaviram]

Worked here also. might be nice for exprience to add this to the installation guide for macOS...
or better suggest some nice Docker based 101 to get dev running.