= ranch(3)

== Name

ranch - socket acceptor pool

== Description

The `ranch` module provides functions for starting and
manipulating Ranch listeners.

== Types

=== max_conns() = non_neg_integer() | infinity

Maximum number of connections allowed on this listener.

This is a soft limit. The actual number of connections
might be slightly above the limit due to concurrency
when accepting new connections. Some connections may
also be removed from this count explicitly by the user
code.

=== opt()

[source,erlang]
----
opt() = {ack_timeout, timeout()}
	| {connection_type, worker | supervisor}
	| {max_connections, max_conns()}
	| {shutdown, timeout() | brutal_kill}
	| {socket, any()}
----

Ranch-specific transport options.

These options are not passed on to the transports.
They are used by Ranch while setting up the listeners.

=== ref() = any()

Unique name used to refer to a listener.

== Option descriptions

None of the options are required.

ack_timeout (5000)::
	Maximum allowed time for the `ranch:accept_ack/1` call to finish.
connection_type (worker)::
	Type of process that will handle the connection.
max_connections (1024)::
	Maximum number of active connections. Soft limit. Using `infinity` will disable the limit entirely.
shutdown (5000)::
	Maximum allowed time for children to stop on listener shutdown.
socket::
	Listening socket opened externally to be used instead of calling `Transport:listen/1`.

== Exports

=== accept_ack(Ref) -> ok

Ref = ref():: Listener name.

Acknowledge that the connection is accepted.

This function MUST be used by a connection process to inform
Ranch that it initialized properly and let it perform any
additional operations before the socket can be safely used.

=== child_spec(Ref, NbAcceptors, Transport, TransOpts, Protocol, ProtoOpts) -> supervisor:child_spec()

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
NbAcceptors = non_neg_integer():: Number of acceptor processes.
Transport = module():: Transport module.
TransOpts = any():: Transport options.
Protocol = module():: Protocol module.
ProtoOpts = any():: Protocol options.

Return child specifications for a new listener.

This function can be used to embed a listener directly
in an application instead of letting Ranch handle it.

=== get_addr(Ref) -> {IP, Port}

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
IP = inet:ip_address():: IP of the interface used by this listener.
Port = inet:port_number():: Port number used by this listener.

Return the IP address and port for the given listener.

=== get_max_connections(Ref) -> MaxConns

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
MaxConns = max_conns():: Current maximum number of connections.

Return the max number of connections allowed for the given listener.

=== get_port(Ref) -> Port

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
Port = inet:port_number():: Port number used by this listener.

Return the port for the given listener.

=== get_protocol_options(Ref) -> ProtoOpts

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
ProtoOpts = any():: Current protocol options.

Return the protocol options set for the given listener.

=== remove_connection(Ref) -> ok

Ref = ref():: Listener name.

Do not count this connection when limiting the number of connections.

You can use this function for long-running connection processes
which spend most of their time idling rather than consuming
resources. This allows Ranch to accept a lot more connections
without sacrificing the latency of the system.

This function may only be called from a connection process.

=== set_max_connections(Ref, MaxConns) -> ok

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
MaxConns = max_conns():: New maximum number of connections.

Set the max number of connections for the given listener.

The change will be applied immediately. If the new value is
smaller than the previous one, Ranch will not kill the extra
connections, but will wait for them to terminate properly.

=== set_protocol_options(Ref, ProtoOpts) -> ok

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
ProtoOpts = any():: New protocol options.

Set the protocol options for the given listener.

The change will be applied immediately for all new connections.
Old connections will not receive the new options.

=== start_listener(Ref, NbAcceptors, Transport, TransOpts, Protocol, ProtoOpts) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, badarg}

Ref = ref():: Listener name.
NbAcceptors = non_neg_integer():: Number of acceptor processes.
Transport = module():: Transport module.
TransOpts = any():: Transport options.
Protocol = module():: Protocol module.
ProtoOpts = any():: Protocol options.

Start listening for connections using the given transport
and protocol. Returns the pid for this listener's supervisor.

There are additional transport options that apply
regardless of transport. They allow configuring how the
connections are supervised, rate limited and more. Please
consult the previous section for more details.

=== stop_listener(Ref) -> ok | {error, not_found}

Ref = ref():: Listener name.

Stop the given listener.

The listener is stopped gracefully, first by closing the
listening port, then by stopping the connection processes.
These processes are stopped according to the `shutdown`
transport option, which may be set to brutally kill all
connection processes or give them some time to stop properly.

This function does not return until the listener is
completely stopped.
