diff --git a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd
index 05a35d8b67..5c062dc32a 100644
--- a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd
+++ b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$MaxOpenFiles 16384
+$MaxOpenFiles 131072
 
 [Service]
-LimitNOFILE=16384
+LimitNOFILE=131072
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 97f00b0fd5..35a59fbb5a 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -366,14 +366,14 @@
 
 - name: rsyslogd make systemd limits directory for file handles
   file: dest=/etc/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d/ mode=0755 owner=root group=root state=directory
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('log')
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('log') or inventory_hostname.startswith('people')
   tags:
   - rsyslogd
   - config
 
 - name: rsyslogd put systemd limits directory for file handles
   copy: src=rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd dest=/etc/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d/limits.conf mode=0644
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('log')
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('log') or inventory_hostname.startswith('people')
   tags:
   - rsyslogd
   - config