=head1 NAME

Apache2::Resource - Limit resources used by httpd children



=head1 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




=head1 Description

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

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

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

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




=head1 Defaults

To set reasonable defaults for all RLIMITs, add this to your httpd.conf:

  PerlSetEnv PERL_RLIMIT_DEFAULTS On
  PerlModule Apache2::Resource



=head1 See Also

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



=head1 Copyright

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



=head1 Author

Doug MacEachern





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