1nbdkit-retry-request-filter(1) NBDKIT nbdkit-retry-request-filter(1)
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6 nbdkit-retry-request-filter - retry single requests on error
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9 nbdkit --filter=retry-request PLUGIN
10 [retry-request-retries=N] [retry-request-delay=N]
11 [retry-request-open=false]
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14 "nbdkit-retry-request-filter" is a filter for nbdkit that transparently
15 retries single requests if they fail. This is useful for plugins that
16 are not completely reliable or have random behaviour. For example
17 nbdkit-curl-plugin(1) might behave this way if pointed at a load
18 balancer which sometimes redirects to a web server that is not
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21 An alternative filter with different trade-offs is
22 nbdkit-retry-filter(1). That filter is more heavyweight because it
23 always reopens the whole plugin connection on failure.
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26 retry-request-retries=N
27 The number of times any single request will be retried before we
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31 The number of seconds to wait before retrying. The default is 2
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35 If set to false, do not retry opening the plugin. The default is
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39 $filterdir/nbdkit-retry-request-filter.so
40 The filter.
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42 Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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45 "nbdkit-retry-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.30.
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48 nbdkit(1), nbdkit-filter(3), nbdkit-readahead-filter(1),
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52 Richard W.M. Jones
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