[plugin] Traffic Limits

[mavit]

TrafficLimits is a Deluge plugin to pause all torrents if more than a set amount of data is uploaded or downloaded.

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From the README:

Configuration:


As well as setting the limits through the preferences (GTK UI only, for now), you can also create a file called `~/.config/deluge/trafficlimits` containing a label, the upload limit, and the download limit (in bytes), each on a line by themselves. For example:

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January
-1
21474836480

This is intended to be used by a cron job for automatic scheduling, e.g.,

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* 00-15,21-23 * * * /bin/echo -e "Unlimited\n-1\n-1"             > ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/deluge/trafficlimits.tmp && mv ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/deluge/trafficlimits.tmp ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/deluge/trafficlimits
* 16-20       * * * /bin/echo -e "Evening\n400000000\n750000000" > ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/deluge/trafficlimits.tmp && mv ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/deluge/trafficlimits.tmp ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/deluge/trafficlimits

See also:

Please see also the Toggle plugin. You will need this to resume transfers once they have been paused, unless you use the automatic scheduling.

[loki]

Could be very useful, for instance, people that have a monthly limit or pay by the byte...

[SpmP]

I need some help on how to use this plugin.
My situation is this:
During the day its par per gig,
Then at night I get some free bandwidth which is up and down combined.

I use the schedulere plugin to run deluge at night, but sometimes I dl stuff during the day using the toggle plugin.

What I want is that traffic is monitored and limited during the nightime part only. Cron is great, no probs there, I just dont understand the sample provided, sorry.

deluged is on the house server, accessed via deluge-gtk on local network.

TIA

[mavit]

What I want is that traffic is monitored and limited during the nightime part only. Cron is great, no probs there, I just dont understand the sample provided, sorry.

Add a cronjob that runs at the start of the evening. Have it create a file called ~/.config/deluge/trafficlimits with the following contents:

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Nighttime
<upload limit in bytes>
<download limit in bytes>

Then add a second cronjob that runs at the start of the day, overwriting the file with the following. This will reset the counters and make both upload and download unlimited.

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Daytime
-1
-1

Make sure the cronjobs run on the server box, not one of your clients.

Hope this makes more sense.

[SpmP]

Add a cronjob that runs at the start of the evening. Have it create a file called ~/.config/deluge/trafficlimits with the following contents:

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Nighttime
<upload limit in bytes>
<download limit in bytes>

Then add a second cronjob that runs at the start of the day, overwriting the file with the following. This will reset the counters and make both upload and download unlimited.

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Daytime
-1
-1

Thanks Mavit,

I need monthly accounting, how can I avoid resetting the counter, or save the counter to a file (then reload).

My ISP counts traffic, up and down summed together... total traffic (ie up+down) be used , or a provision made for it in your code?
ie:
label
up limit
down limit
total limit

or implied total limit if
label
total limit (i.e only 1 line)

is given.

cheers

[mavit]

I need monthly accounting, how can I avoid resetting the counter, or save the counter to a file (then reload).

If you don't change the label then the counter doesn't get reset, so try something like:

Night:

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<upload limit in bytes>
<download limit in bytes>

Day:

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December
-1
-1

My ISP counts traffic, up and down summed together... total traffic (ie up+down)

Ah, okay. That's a situation I hadn't considered. I'll need to modify the plugin to make that possible.

[mavit]

My ISP counts traffic, up and down summed together... total traffic (ie up+down)

The latest version of the plugin should handle this. Please give it a try and let me know how you get on!