Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2
Apache Module mod_reqtimeout
| Description: | Set timeout and minimum data rate for receiving requests |
|---|---|
| Status: | Extension |
| Module Identifier: | reqtimeout_module |
| Source File: | mod_reqtimeout.c |
| Compatibility: | Available in Apache 2.2.15 and later |
Examples
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Allow 10 seconds to receive the request including the headers and
30 seconds for receiving the request body:
RequestReadTimeout header=10 body=30 -
Allow at least 10 seconds to receive the request body.
If the client sends data, increase the timeout by 1 second for every
1000 bytes received, with no upper limit for the timeout (exept for
the limit given indirectly by
LimitRequestBody):RequestReadTimeout body=10,MinRate=1000 -
Allow at least 10 seconds to receive the request including the headers.
If the client sends data, increase the timeout by 1 second for every
500 bytes received. But do not allow more than 30 seconds for the
request including the headers:
RequestReadTimeout header=10-30,MinRate=500 -
Usually, a server should have both header and body timeouts configured.
If a common configuration is used for http and https virtual hosts, the
timeouts should not be set too low:
RequestReadTimeout header=20-40,MinRate=500 body=20,MinRate=500
RequestReadTimeout Directive
| Description: | Set timeout values for receiving request headers and body from client. |
|---|---|
| Syntax: | RequestReadTimeout
[header=timeout[[-maxtimeout],MinRate=rate]
[body=timeout[[-maxtimeout],MinRate=rate]
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| Default: | Unset; no limit |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Extension |
| Module: | mod_reqtimeout |
This directive can set various timeouts for receiving the request headers
and the request body from the client. If the client fails to send headers or
body within the configured time, a 408 REQUEST TIME OUT error
is sent.
For SSL virtual hosts, the header timeout values include the time needed to do the initial SSL handshake. If the user's browser is configured to query certificate revocation lists and the CRL server is not reachable, the initial SSL handshake may take a significant time until the browser gives up waiting for the CRL. Therefore the header timeout values should not be set to very low values for SSL virtual hosts. The body timeout values include the time needed for SSL renegotiation (if necessary).
When an AcceptFilter is in use
(usually the case on Linux and FreeBSD), the socket is not sent to the
server process before at least one byte (or the whole request for
httpready) is received. The header timeout configured with
RequestReadTimeout is only effective after the server process has
received the socket.
For each of the two timeout types (header or body), there are three ways to specify the timeout:
- Fixed timeout value:
type=timeoutThe time in seconds allowed for reading all of the request headers or body, respectively. A value of 0 means no limit.
- Timeout value that is increased when data is
received:
type=timeout,MinRate=data_rateSame as above, but whenever data is received, the timeout value is increased according to the specified minimum data rate (in bytes per second).
- Timeout value that is increased when data is received, with an
upper bound:
type=timeout-maxtimeout,MinRate=data_rateSame as above, but the timeout will not be increased above the second value of the specified timeout range.