Apache::Resource(3p)  User Contributed Perl Documentation Apache::Resource(3p)



NAME
       Apache::Resource - Limit resources used by httpd children

SYNOPSIS
        PerlModule Apache::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 Apache::Resource

DESCRIPTION
       Apache::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 Apache::Resource

AUTHOR
       Doug MacEachern

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



perl v5.12.2                      2000-05-23              Apache::Resource(3p)
