nsslapd-maxconnections

- maximum number of connections

Description

This attribute limits the number of simultaneous connections the server can manage. The value of this attribute is not set by default. If it is not set manually, its implicit value is the maximum number of file descriptors a process can open on the system.

You can use this attribute to limit the amount of memory used by Directory Server. Directory Server allocates n*512 bytes of data, where n is equal to the value of nsslapd-maxconnections, if set, or to the maximum number of file descriptors a process can open on the system.

For example, on Solaris 9 systems, the maximum number of file descriptors is 64000. If nsslapd-maxconnections is not set, Directory Server allocates 35 MB of data, which may cause problems for some deployments. Setting nsslapd-maxconnections to a suitable value can help to alleviate this problem.

Entry DN

cn=config

Valid Range

nsslapd-reservedescriptors +1 to maxdescriptors.

If the maxdescriptors attribute is not set, the maximum value of nsslapd-maxconnections is the maximum number of file descriptors a process can open on the system.

Default Value

N/A

Syntax

Integer

Example

nsslapd-maxconnections: 4096

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

dse.ldif(4)