diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7e8f82f..a0f9953 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ sonarqube_db_image: postgres
 sonarqube_http_port: 9000
 sonarqube_api_port: 9001
 
+# Limits
+sonarqube_vm_max_map_count: 524288
+sonarqube_fs_file_max: 131072
+sonarqube_nofile: 131072
+sonarqube_nproc: 8192
+
 # Sonarqube paths
 sonarqube_root_path: /var/local
 sonarqube_config_path: "{{ sonarqube_root_path }}/conf/sonarqube"
diff --git a/tasks/config.yml b/tasks/config.yml
index 021f444..a7e8e3f 100644
--- a/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/tasks/config.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,29 @@
     - "{{ sonarqube_configuration_files }}"
   tags:
     - sonarqube_configure
+
+- name: "SONARQUBE | Set up nofiles and nproc for ansible user"
+  pam_limits:
+    domain: "*"
+    limit_type: "{{ item.limit_type }}"
+    limit_item: "{{ item.limit_item }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value }}"
+  loop:
+    # Add nofile and nproc, both soft and hard, limit for the user db_user with a comment.
+    # Type "-" for enforcing both soft and hard resource limits together for more details read `man limits.conf`.
+    - { limit_type: '-', limit_item: 'nofile', value: "{{ sonarqube_nofile }}" }
+    - { limit_type: '-', limit_item: 'nproc', value: "{{ sonarqube_nproc }}" }
+
+- name: "SONARQUBE | Set up the max files"
+  sysctl:
+    name: fs.file-max
+    value: "{{ sonarqube_fs_file_max }}"
+    state: present
+    reload: yes
+
+- name: "SONARQUBE | Set up the VM max_map_count"
+  sysctl:
+    name: vm.max_map_count
+    value: "{{ sonarqube_vm_max_map_count }}"
+    state: present
+    reload: yes
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