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 Red Hat

LICENSE

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