RateLimit.Interval

Sets the rate-limiting interval in seconds for this input.

This parameter applies to imuxsock: Unix Socket Input Module.

Name:

RateLimit.Interval

Scope:

input

Type:

integer

Default:

input=0

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 7.0.0, possibly earlier

Description

Specifies the rate-limiting interval in seconds. Default value is 0, which turns off rate limiting. Set it to a number of seconds (5 recommended) to activate rate-limiting. The default of 0 has been chosen as people experienced problems with this feature activated by default. Now it needs an explicit opt-in by setting this parameter.

Input usage

input(type="imuxsock" rateLimit.interval="5")

Legacy names (for reference)

Historic names/directives for compatibility. Do not use in new configs. .. _imuxsock.parameter.legacy.imuxsockratelimitinterval:

• $IMUXSockRateLimitInterval — maps to RateLimit.Interval (status: legacy)

See also

See also imuxsock: Unix Socket Input Module.

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