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

       Richard W.M. Jones

       Copyright Red Hat

       "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.

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

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

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nbdkit-1.42.2                                      2025-04-02                             nbdkit-limit-filter(1)

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

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).

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

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

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