NAME

nbdkit-limit-filter - limit number of clients that can connect concurrently

SYNOPSIS

 nbdkit --filter=limit PLUGIN [limit=N]

DESCRIPTION

"nbdkit-limit-filter" is an nbdkit filter that limits the number of clients which can connect concurrently. If more than "limit=N" (default: 1) clients try to connect at the same time then later clients are rejected.

PARAMETERS

limit=N

Limit the number of concurrent clients to "N". This parameter is optional. If not specified then the limit defaults to 1. You can also set this to 0 to make the number of clients unlimited (ie. disable the filter).

FILES

$filterdir/nbdkit-limit-filter.so

The filter.

Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.

VERSION

"nbdkit-limit-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.20.

SEE ALSO

nbdkit(1), nbdkit-exitlast-filter(1), nbdkit-exitwhen-filter(1), nbdkit-ip-filter(1), nbdkit-noparallel-filter(1), nbdkit-rate-filter(1), nbdkit-filter(3), nbdkit-plugin(3).

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat Inc.

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