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title: Next steps
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parent: Installation
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has_toc: true
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nav_order: 10
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permalink: /installation/start/nextsteps
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---
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# Next steps
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Now that you have Dendrite running, the following tweaks will improve the reliability
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of your installation.
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## File descriptor limit
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Most platforms have a limit on how many file descriptors a single process can open. All
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connections made by Dendrite consume file descriptors — this includes database connections
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and network requests to remote homeservers. When participating in large federated rooms
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where Dendrite must talk to many remote servers, it is often very easy to exhaust default
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limits which are quite low.
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We currently recommend setting the file descriptor limit to 65535 to avoid such
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issues. Dendrite will log immediately after startup if the file descriptor limit is too low:
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```
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level=warning msg="IMPORTANT: Process file descriptor limit is currently 1024, it is recommended to raise the limit for Dendrite to at least 65535 to avoid issues"
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```
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UNIX systems have two limits: a hard limit and a soft limit. You can view the soft limit
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by running `ulimit -Sn` and the hard limit with `ulimit -Hn`:
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```
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$ ulimit -Hn
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1048576
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$ ulimit -Sn
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1024
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```
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Increase the soft limit before starting Dendrite:
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```
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ulimit -Sn 65535
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```
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The log line at startup should no longer appear if the limit is sufficient.
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If you are running under a systemd service, you can instead add `LimitNOFILE=65535` option
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to the `[Service]` section of your service unit file.
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## DNS caching
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Dendrite has a built-in DNS cache which significantly reduces the load that Dendrite will
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place on your DNS resolver. This may also speed up outbound federation.
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Consider enabling the DNS cache by modifying the `global` section of your configuration file:
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```
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dns_cache:
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enabled: true
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cache_size: 4096
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cache_lifetime: 600s
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```
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## Time synchronisation
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Matrix relies heavily on TLS which requires the system time to be correct. If the clock
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drifts then you may find that federation no works reliably (or at all) and clients may
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struggle to connect to your Dendrite server.
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Ensure that the time is synchronised on your system by enabling NTP sync.
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