Howto permanently set ulimit -n 8192 in Centos 7

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I would like to permanently set the open file limit for all users in Centos 7, but there seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there on the googles.

Examples:

1) If you want to increase file limit for system service you'll have to edit /usr/lib/systemd/system/SOME_SERVICE.service

add LimitNOFILE,

[Service]
...
LimitNOFILE=8192

and run systemctl daemon-reload to activate changes.

2) It could be done by creating new config file in: /etc/security/limits.d/ (to be on safe side when upgrading etc). For example:

/etc/security/limits.d/nofile.conf

with content as written before by sysadmin1138:

*    soft    nofile 8192
*    hard    nofile 8192