Directory Services 7.4.2

Connection Handler

This is an abstract object type that cannot be instantiated.

Connection Handlers are responsible for handling all interaction with the clients, including accepting the connections, reading requests, and sending responses.

Connection Handlers

The following Connection Handlers are available:

These Connection Handlers inherit the properties described below.

Connection Handler properties

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.

Basic Properties

allowed-client
denied-client
enabled
java-class
restricted-client
restricted-client-connection-limit

Basic properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

allowed-client

Synopsis

A set of clients who will be allowed to establish connections to this Connection Handler.

Description

Valid values include a host name, a fully qualified domain name, a domain name, an IP address, or a subnetwork with subnetwork mask. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

All clients with addresses that do not match an address on the deny list are allowed. If there is no deny list, then all clients are allowed.

Allowed values

An IP address mask.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

denied-client

Synopsis

A set of clients who are not allowed to establish connections to this Connection Handler.

Description

Valid values include a host name, a fully qualified domain name, a domain name, an IP address, or a subnetwork with subnetwork mask. If both allowed and denied client masks are defined and a client connection matches one or more masks in both lists, then the connection is denied. If only a denied list is specified, then any client not matching a mask in that list is allowed. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

If an allow list is specified, then only clients with addresses on the allow list are allowed. Otherwise, all clients are allowed.

Allowed values

An IP address mask.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

enabled

Synopsis

Indicates whether the Connection Handler is enabled.

Default value

None

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

java-class

Synopsis

Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the Connection Handler implementation.

Default value

None

Allowed values

A Java class that extends or implements:

  • org.opends.server.api.ConnectionHandler

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

restricted-client

Synopsis

A set of clients who will be limited to the maximum number of connections specified by the "restricted-client-connection-limit" property.

Description

Valid values include a host name, a fully qualified domain name, a domain name, an IP address, or a subnetwork with subnetwork mask. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

No restrictions are imposed on the number of connections a client can open.

Allowed values

An IP address mask.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

restricted-client-connection-limit

Synopsis

Specifies the maximum number of connections a restricted client can open at the same time to this Connection Handler.

Description

Once Directory Server accepts the specified number of connections from a client specified in restricted-client, any additional connection will be rejected. The number of connections is maintained by IP address. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

100

Allowed values

An integer.

Lower limit: 0.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No