# \[Filebeat 5.2.1\]Registry.new: too many open files **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [April 29, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-2-1-registry-new-too-many-open-files/84072 "2017-04-29T01:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kareny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kareny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kareny)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-2-1-registry-new-too-many-open-files/84072/1 "2017-04-29T01:27:11Z")
Getting errors in the filebeat log: [filebeat] registrar.go:151: Failed to create tempfile (/var/lib/filebeat/registry.new) for writing: open /var/lib/filebeat/registry.new: too many open files. The ulimit on my server is unlimited and the number of the open files is around 5000. Not sure what's going on... ---
**Author:** ![exekias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/exekias/32/28718_2.png) [@exekias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/exekias)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-2-1-registry-new-too-many-open-files/84072/2 "2017-05-02T08:25:48Z")
Hi @kareny, Could you please share the following info?, it should help us to diagnose your problem: - How do you run the filebeat daemon - What settings are you using? I'm curious to see why it has so many open files - Can you dump the result of `ulimit -a` running it as the filebeat user? Best regards ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-2-1-registry-new-too-many-open-files/84072/3 "2017-05-30T08:38:20Z")
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