[pbs-devel] superseded: [PATCH proxmox{, -backup} v3 0/6] add user specific rate-limits
Hannes Laimer
h.laimer at proxmox.com
Wed Nov 12 11:36:28 CET 2025
superseded-by:
https://lore.proxmox.com/pbs-devel/20251112103505.122844-1-h.laimer@proxmox.com/T/#t
On 11/10/25 14:43, Hannes Laimer wrote:
> When a connection is accepted we create a shared tag handle for its
> rate-limited stream. The REST layer clears that handle before every
> request. Once a request authenticates successfully, we push a
> User(...) tag with the auth ID. Failed or unauthenticated requests
> leave the tag list empty. RateLimitedStream watches that handle and
> forces an immediate limiter refresh whenever the tag set changes so
> user-specific throttles take effect right away.
>
> Currently rules with a user specified take priority over others. So:
> user > IP only > neither, in case two rules match.
>
> If users and networks are specified, the rule only applies if both
> match. So, Any of the specified user connect from any of the specified
> network.
>
> And all of this ofc still only if the given timeframe matches.
>
> I did also test this with a basic nginx reverse proxy configured with
> `keepalive 32`, I didn't run into problems using this setup.
>
> v3, thanks @Chris!:
> - simplify code by passing the taglist to the callback, as sugested by
> Chris
> - mention potential future use-case in commit message
> - created documented type for 3-tuple and inlined var for printing
>
> v2, thanks @Chris!:
> - fix problem with tag staying on connection after request finishes,
> and with when it would be set in first place
> - use a more generic tag-list on the connection, this is more general
> - tag is now an enum, like chris suggested, this should make it
> somewhat easy to extend if we at some point should want to
>
>
> proxmox:
>
> Hannes Laimer (3):
> pbs-api-types: allow traffic-control rules to match users
> http: track user tag updates on rate-limited streams
> rest-server: propagate rate-limit tags from authenticated users
>
> pbs-api-types/src/traffic_control.rs | 9 ++
> proxmox-http/src/lib.rs | 2 +-
> proxmox-http/src/rate_limited_stream.rs | 40 ++++++-
> proxmox-rest-server/src/connection.rs | 11 +-
> proxmox-rest-server/src/rest.rs | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 5 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
>
> proxmox-backup:
>
> Hannes Laimer (3):
> api: taffic-control: update/delete users on rule correctly
> traffic-control: handle users specified in a rule correctly
> ui: traffic-control: add users field in edit form and list
>
> src/api2/config/traffic_control.rs | 8 +++
> src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs | 12 +++-
> src/traffic_control_cache.rs | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> www/config/TrafficControlView.js | 7 ++
> www/window/TrafficControlEdit.js | 18 +++++
> 5 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
>
> Summary over all repositories:
> 10 files changed, 322 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
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