From 4b34ed1f167b9dc61479ce74f61c6cceef381959 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:05:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Adding the ulimit stuff to suggested service file.

---
 scripts/systemd/nym-mixnode.service | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/systemd/nym-mixnode.service b/scripts/systemd/nym-mixnode.service
index aa0a883d1f..916d279fa2 100644
--- a/scripts/systemd/nym-mixnode.service
+++ b/scripts/systemd/nym-mixnode.service
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ Description=nym mixnode service
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-Type=simple
 User=nym
 Group=nym
-ExecStart=/home/nym/nym-mixnode_linux_x86_64 run --id iamboss
+ExecStart=/home/nym/nym-mixnode run --id iamboss
 Restart=on-abort
-KillSignal=SIGINT
+KillSignal=SIGINT # gracefully kill the process when stopping the service. Allows node to unregister cleanly.
+LimitNOFILE=65535 # this sets a higher ulimit for your mixnode, so it will still work as the network grows
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target