# Worker\_connections is not enough while connecting to upstream **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/worker-connections-is-not-enough-while-connecting-to-upstream/141306 "2008-06-24T16:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alanwatts)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/worker-connections-is-not-enough-while-connecting-to-upstream/141306/1 "2008-06-24T16:09:22Z")
we are getting a ton of these in our error.log 1024 worker\_connections is not enough while connecting to upstream what is this a sign of? ---
**Author:** ![alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alanwatts)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/worker-connections-is-not-enough-while-connecting-to-upstream/141306/2 "2008-06-24T16:28:07Z")
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 03:00:09PM +0100, Alan W. wrote: > we are getting a ton of these in our error.log > > 1024 worker\_connections is not enough while connecting to upstream > > what is this a sign of? You need to increase worker\_connections: events { worker\_connections 10240; } ---
**Author:** ![alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alanwatts)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/worker-connections-is-not-enough-while-connecting-to-upstream/141306/3 "2009-06-14T07:16:35Z")
same here what number should we pick for this thanks 2008/6/24 Igor S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@alanwatts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alanwatts)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/worker-connections-is-not-enough-while-connecting-to-upstream/141306/4 "2009-06-14T12:20:49Z")
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:05:29PM -0700, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > same here > what number should we pick for this > thanks Any: 10000, 100000, 1000000.