Limit Connections

Module: mod_evasive

Table of Contents

• Description
• Options
• Additional Resources

Description

mod_evasive is a very simplistic module to limit connections per IP.

Options

evasive.max-conns-per-ip

limits the number of connections per IP.

e.g.:

evasive.max-conns-per-ip = 3

You may also want to set up conditionals :

eg.:

evasive.max-conns-per-ip = 1

$HTTP["host"] == "example.com" {
  evasive.max-conns-per-ip = 2
}
$HTTP["host"] == "example2.com" {
  evasive.max-conns-per-ip = 0
}

0 means unlimited. In this case, default sites get 1 connections, example.com 2 and example2.com unlimited.

Additional Resources

• http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/browser/trunk/src/mod_evasive.c - Source Code