Confluence on Mac OS 10.11.6 - change max number of processes

[Dan Ivan]

Hi,
Health check comes up with "maximum number of processes" error.
It doesn't show how many processes are running.

I am running Confluence as root, please advise how to increase to 4096.

Thank you,

Dan

[Daniel Wong]

Hi Dan,

You can follow this KB to increase the maximum number of processes Confluence uses - https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/health-check-thread-limit-858578685.html

However, I recommend installing Confluence on Linux/Windows OS as MacOS is not recommended for a production instance of Confluence. Please see this guide for Supported Platforms - https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html

This guide will also help with determining hardware requirements - https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/server-hardware-requirements-guide-30736403.html

[Dan Ivan]

Hi Daniel,

The KB info provided doesn't apply to Mac OS.

I only have Macs, so we should be able to run Confluence here.

My Macs meet the hardware requirements.

[Daniel Wong]

Hi Dan,

Unfortunately I'm not a MacOS expert so can't help you further. You could try installing Linux on your Mac if you have spare hardware and see if that helps get around the max process limit.