[users@httpd] Limit Traffic for specific files

[Florian Lindner <ma...@xgm.de>]

Hello,
how can I limit the traffic which certain files generate in a certain time. 
For example: I don't want downloading of the file xyz.iso to generate more 
traffic that 10 GB per month?
I'm using Apache 2.

Thanks,

Florian

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Re: [users@httpd] Limit Traffic for specific files

[Joshua Slive <js...@gmail.com>]

On 6/8/05, Florian Lindner <ma...@xgm.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> how can I limit the traffic which certain files generate in a certain time.
> For example: I don't want downloading of the file xyz.iso to generate more
> traffic that 10 GB per month?
> I'm using Apache 2.

There is no easy way to do this.  There are several modules available
that will do connection limitting and perhaps bandwidth limitting over
short intervals.  (see http://modules.apache.org/) But for long
intervals like a month, I think your best bet is to use the
access_log.  You can pipe your logfiles through a program that keeps
track of downloads and automatically modifies an .htaccess file when
they reach a certain limit.  You should probably use mod_logio, which
provides more accurate bandwidth tracking.

Joshua.

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