Limits

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A limit uses a token bucket filter to match packets:

  • only until its rate is exceeded; or
  • only after its rate is exceeded, if defined as an over limit.


Anonymous limits

Named limits

FIXME: Need at least one example here!

Declaring and using named limits

Listing named limits

nft list [limit | limits] (as per below) returns the limit(s) with current byte count.

  • List a particular limit:
% nft list limit [family] [table_name] [limit_name]
  • List all limits in a particular table:
% nft list limits table [family] [table_name]
  • List all limits in ruleset:
% nft list limits