Resource limits This chapter shows you how to set resource limits that prevent directory clients from using an unfair share of system resources.

Well-written directory client applications limit the scope of their searches with filters that narrow the number of results returned. By default, OpenDJ also only allows users with appropriate privileges to perform unindexed searches. You can further adjust additional limits on search operations, such as the following. The lookthrough limit defines the maximum number of candidate entries OpenDJ considers when processing a search. The default lookthrough limit, set by using the global server property, lookthrough-limit, is 5000. You can override the limit for a particular user by changing the operational attribute, ds-rlim-lookthrough-limit, on the user's entry. The size limit sets the maximum number of entries returned for a search. The default size limit, set by using the global server property, size-limit, is 1000. You can override the limit for a particular user by changing the operational attribute, ds-rlim-size-limit, on the user's entry. The time limit defines the maximum processing time OpenDJ devotes to a search operation. The default time limit, set by using the global server property, time-limit, is 1 minute. You can override the limit for a particular user by changing the operational attribute, ds-rlim-time-limit, on the user's entry. Times for ds-rlim-time-limit are expressed in seconds. The idle time limit defines how long OpenDJ allows idle connections to remain open. No default idle time limit is set. You can set an idle time limit by using the global server property, idle-time-limit. You can override the limit for a particular user by changing the operational attribute, ds-rlim-idle-time-limit, on the user's entry. Times for ds-rlim-idle-time-limit are expressed in seconds. The maximum number of persistent searches can be set by using the global server property, max-psearches. Change the user entry to set the limits to override. $ cat limit.ldif dn: uid=bjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: ds-rlim-size-limit ds-rlim-size-limit: 10 $ ldapmodify \ --port 1389 \ --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" \ --bindPassword password \ --filename limit.ldif Processing MODIFY request for uid=bjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com MODIFY operation successful for DN uid=bjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com Now when Babs Jensen performs a search returning more than 10 entries, she sees the following message. Result Code: 4 (Size Limit Exceeded) Additional Information: This search operation has sent the maximum of 10 entries to the client Create an LDAP subentry to specify the limits using collective attributes. $ cat grouplim.ldif dn: cn=Remove Administrator Search Limits,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: collectiveAttributeSubentry objectClass: extensibleObject objectClass: subentry objectClass: top cn: Remove Administrator Search Limits ds-rlim-lookthrough-limit;collective: 0 ds-rlim-size-limit;collective: 0 ds-rlim-time-limit;collective: 0 subtreeSpecification: {base "ou=people", specificationFilter " (isMemberOf=cn=Directory Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com)" } $ ldapmodify \ --port 1389 \ --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" \ --bindPassword password \ --defaultAdd \ --filename grouplim.ldif Processing ADD request for cn=Remove Administrator Search Limits,dc=example,dc=com ADD operation successful for DN cn=Remove Administrator Search Limits,dc=example,dc=com Check the results. $ ldapsearch --port 1389 --baseDN dc=example,dc=com uid=kvaughan +|grep ds-rlim ds-rlim-lookthrough-limit: 0 ds-rlim-time-limit: 0 ds-rlim-size-limit: 0

If you have applications that leave connections open for long periods, OpenDJ can end up devoting resources to maintaining connections that are no longer used. If your network does not drop such connections eventually, you can configure OpenDJ to drop them by setting the global configuration property, idle-time-limit. By default, no idle time limit is set. If your network load balancer is configured to drop connections that have been idle for some time, make sure you set the OpenDJ idle time limit to a lower value than the idle time limit for the load balancer. This helps to ensure that idle connections are shut down in orderly fashion. Setting the OpenDJ limit lower than the load balancer limit is particularly useful with load balancers that drop idle connections without cleanly closing the connection and notifying the client and server. OpenDJ does not enforce idle timeout for persistent searches. $ dsconfig \ set-global-configuration-prop \ --port 4444 \ --hostname opendj.example.com \ --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" \ --bindPassword password \ --set idle-time-limit:24h \ --trustAll \ --no-prompt The example shown sets the idle time limit to 24 hours.

The default maximum request size of 5 MB, set using the advanced connection handler property max-request-size, is sufficient to satisfy most client requests. Yet, there are some cases where you might need to raise the request size limit. For example, if clients add groups with large numbers of members, those add requests can go beyond the 5 MB limit. $ dsconfig \ set-connection-handler-prop \ --port 4444 \ --hostname opendj.example.com \ --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" \ --bindPassword password \ --handler-name "LDAP Connection Handler" \ --set max-request-size:20mb \ --trustAll \ --no-prompt The example shown sets the maximum request size on the LDAP connection handler to 20 MB.