nbdkit-limit-filter(1)

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version 1.48.1 · 14 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 nbdkit-limit-filter(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the nbdkit-limit-filter page, part of the NBDKIT manual ✨ it's a little filter that does exactly one job and does it flawlessly, no cap.

🌸 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 whose whole entire personality is: limiting the number of clients that can connect concurrently. so if more than limit=N clients (and yeah, the default is 1) try to roll up at the same exact time, the later ones get rejected. sorry bestie, the door said one at a time 😭

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • limit=N — caps how many concurrent clients are allowed to N. it's optional! if you don't say anything, the limit defaults to 1. and plot twist: you can set it to 0 to make the number of clients unlimited (aka, disabling the filter entirely). main character move, honestly 👑

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • $filterdir/nbdkit-limit-filter.so — the filter itself, the icon, the moment 💖
    • use nbdkit --dump-config to find where $filterdir actually lives, because it's not gonna text you its address 🫶

🌈 VERSION 🌈

nbdkit-limit-filter first appeared in nbdkit 1.20. it's been serving looks since day one ⭐

👑 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-time-limit-filter(1), nbdkit-filter(3), nbdkit-plugin(3).

like, go read the whole friend group, they're all iconic 💜

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

Richard W.M. Jones — the legend, the blueprint 🙌

Copyright Red Hat

🔥 LICENSE 🔥

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k bye bestie, this was nbdkit-1.48.1, dated 2026-08-29, and yes it ate 💖✨🦋

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