docs::api::Apache2::Resource(3pm)

NAME

Apache2::Resource - Limit resources used by httpd children

Synopsis

PerlModule Apache2::Resource
# set child memory limit in megabytes
# default is 64 Meg
PerlSetEnv PERL_RLIMIT_DATA 32:48

# linux does not honor RLIMIT_DATA
# RLIMIT_AS (address space) will work to limit the size of a process PerlSetEnv PERL_RLIMIT_AS 32:48

# set child cpu limit in seconds
# default is 360 seconds
PerlSetEnv PERL_RLIMIT_CPU 120

PerlChildInitHandler Apache2::Resource

Description

"Apache2::Resource" uses the "BSD::Resource" module, which uses the C
function "setrlimit" to set limits on system resources such as memory
and cpu usage.

Any "RLIMIT" operation available to limit on your system can be set by defining that operation as an environment variable with a "PERL_"
prefix. See your system "setrlimit" manpage for available resources
which can be limited.

The following limit values are in megabytes: "DATA", "RSS", "STACK",
"FSIZE", "CORE", "MEMLOCK"; all others are treated as their natural
unit.

If the value of the variable is of the form "S:H", "S" is treated as
the soft limit, and "H" is the hard limit. If it is just a single
number, it is used for both soft and hard limits.

Defaults

To set reasonable defaults for all RLIMITs, add this to your
httpd.conf:
PerlSetEnv PERL_RLIMIT_DEFAULTS On
PerlModule Apache2::Resource

See Also

BSD::Resource(3), setrlimit(2)

Copyright

mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache
Software License, Version 2.0.

Author

Doug MacEachern
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