[Xitami] Limiting Bandwidth - How to Use Pipe Settings?

[Johannes Prost]

No problem at all !!
That's where the list comes into play :) :)

Johannes


Am 4 Nov 2004 um 16:48 hat Adam Schroeder geschrieben:

> Thanks Johannes!
> 
> That did it.  I was actually playing around with configuration files 
> previously but I didn't get the right syntax.
> 
> After several tries I stumbled upong the correct syntax.
> 
> The correct syntax is
>    pipe = "32k pipe"  #basically the instance name defined in the XML with 
> quotes around it.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Adam
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Johannes Prost" <xitami@pastryworld.ca>
> To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 4:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Xitami] Limiting Bandwidth - How to Use Pipe Settings?
> 
> 
> >
> > Hello Adam,
> >
> > I haven't done that, but I would try to edit the default.cfg directly. 
> > Here the section out of the
> > xitami.cfg.
> >
> > #   Specifies the HTTP throttle pipe. With a throttle pipe you can
> > #   restrict the throughput of a website to some fixed maximum, e.g.
> > #   64Kbps. This can be useful if several websites share a single
> > #   line, and you need to share this on a quality-of-service basis.
> > #   The HTTP throttle pipe is applied to all download and upload
> > #   requests to the website. You can apply a throttle pipe to the
> > #   entire HTTP server or to specific virtual hosts. Pipes are defined
> > #   in the XML file 'pipedef.xml'. You can edit this file to add new
> > #   pipes; Xitami reloads this automatically after a short delay. Each
> > #   pipe is defined as several 'instances', which are simply
> > #   individual pipes that share the same characteristics. For example,
> > #   the default pipedef.xml file defines several pipes with a 64Kbps
> > #   throughput. These are individual instances of a 64Kpbs pipe. All
> > #   transfers that use a specific pipe instance share the bandwidth of
> > #   that pipe instance.
> >
> >    pipe=
> >
> > #   Specifies the throttle pipe definition file. This is an XML file
> > #   that follows a specific format - look at pipedef.xml for an
> > #   explanation. If you define your own throttle pipes, it's a good
> > #   idea to copy pipedef.xml to something else (e.g. 'mypipes.xml')
> > #   and then change that. This avoids unpleasant surprises when you
> > #   upgrade your Xitami version. Note that we may change the format of
> > #   the pipe definition file in the future.
> >
> >    pipedef=pipedef.xml
> >
> > If you want to make changes to that, make them in your default.cfg. After 
> > editing and the saving
> > the default.cfg the changes should take affect. I experienced similar 
> > problems when working with
> > the "admin gui" and just edited the file and the settings did take effect.
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 4 Nov 2004 um 11:36 hat Adam Schroeder geschrieben:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've read through the FAQ and help, but I can't figure out how to make 
> >> use
> >> of the Pipe settings to limit bandwidth.
> >>
> >> I want to limit the bandwidth so I can see how my project will run over
> >> various connections.  When I try to select an HTTP throttle pipe from the
> >> configuration screen it never saves my selection.  Ideally I would like 
> >> to
> >> limit it even further then 32k.
> >>
> >> I am not worried about segmenting the bandwidth among sites,  a global
> >> setting will work fine for me.
> >>
> >> I imagine this is pretty simple to do, once you know the right steps to
> >> take. If anyone could provide me those steps I would really appreciate 
> >> it.
> >>
> >> I am on an XP machine.  Running Xitami 2.5c2
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your time,
> >> Adam
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > #   Specifies the HTTP throttle pipe. With a throttle pipe you can
> > #   restrict the throughput of a website to some fixed maximum, e.g.
> > #   64Kbps. This can be useful if several websites share a single
> > #   line, and you need to share this on a quality-of-service basis.
> > #   The HTTP throttle pipe is applied to all download and upload
> > #   requests to the website. You can apply a throttle pipe to the
> > #   entire HTTP server or to specific virtual hosts. Pipes are defined
> > #   in the XML file 'pipedef.xml'. You can edit this file to add new
> > #   pipes; Xitami reloads this automatically after a short delay. Each
> > #   pipe is defined as several 'instances', which are simply
> > #   individual pipes that share the same characteristics. For example,
> > #   the default pipedef.xml file defines several pipes with a 64Kbps
> > #   throughput. These are individual instances of a 64Kpbs pipe. All
> > #   transfers that use a specific pipe instance share the bandwidth of
> > #   that pipe instance.
> >
> >    pipe=
> >
> > #   Specifies the throttle pipe definition file. This is an XML file
> > #   that follows a specific format - look at pipedef.xml for an
> > #   explanation. If you define your own throttle pipes, it's a good
> > #   idea to copy pipedef.xml to something else (e.g. 'mypipes.xml')
> > #   and then change that. This avoids unpleasant surprises when you
> > #   upgrade your Xitami version. Note that we may change the format of
> > #   the pipe definition file in the future.
> >
> >    pipedef=pipedef.xmlJohannes
> >
> > -----------------------
> > Johannes Prost
> > xitami@pastryworld.ca
> >
> >
> >
> >
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