NAME

nbdkit-time-limit-filter - set an overall time limit for each connection

SYNOPSIS

 nbdkit --filter=time-limit PLUGIN [time-limit=TIME]

DESCRIPTION

nbdkit-time-limit-filter is an nbdkit(1) filter that sets an overall limit on the length of time that a client may be connected for. After this time limit is exceeded, client commands are rejected and we attempt to disconnect the client.

Note: because of current limitations in the filter API, a client can hold an idle connection open for longer than the time limit. The time limit is only enforced when the client sends a command to the server.

PARAMETERS

time-limit=TIME

Limit the length of a connection to TIME seconds. You can also use other formats as specified in nbdkit_parse_delay(3).

The default is 60 seconds.

FILES

$filterdir/nbdkit-time-limit-filter.so

The filter.

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

VERSION

nbdkit-time-limit-filter first appeared in nbdkit 1.42.

SEE ALSO

nbdkit(1) --timeout parameter, nbdkit-exitlast-filter(1), nbdkit-exitwhen-filter(1), nbdkit-ip-filter(1), nbdkit-limit-filter(1), nbdkit-noparallel-filter(1), nbdkit-rate-filter(1), nbdkit_disconnect(3), nbdkit_parse_delay(3), nbdkit-filter(3), nbdkit-plugin(3).

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

Copyright Red Hat

LICENSE

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