Apache - how to limit maximum download speed of files? (if not apache, i can run lighthttpd)

Question

I have a bunch of videos but I only want to limit the maximum download speed for these files to be 1mbps. How can I set this up (ideally in Apache but lighthttpd is an option)

thanks

Answer 1

If you only want to limit the download speed per connection, without any regard for managing the totals or performing more fine-grained controls, the best way to handle this is to use Apache's own mod_ratelimit.

This example restricts everything under /files to 1Mbit/s...

<Location /files>
    SetOutputFilter RATE_LIMIT
    SetEnv rate-limit 1000
</Location>

I've researched and tried other methods and modules, and in this specific case, mod_ratelimit is hands down the easiest way to do this.

Download Speed Limit and Throttling for Apache 2.4.

Answer 2

You can try mod_bandwidth or more advanced mod_cband.

Quote from mad_bandwidth site:

Mod_bandwidth is a module for the Apache webserver that enable the setting of server-wide or per connection bandwidth limits, based on the directory, size of files and remote IP/domain.

Quote from mod_cband site:

mod_cband is an Apache 2 module provided to solve the problem of limiting users’ and virtualhosts’ bandwidth usage. The current versions can set virtualhosts’ and users’ bandwidth quotas, maximal download speed (like in mod_bandwidth), requests-per-second speed and the maximal number of simultanous IP connections (like in mod_limitipconn)

Here is tutorial about how to use cband to limit download speed.