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The <UnixListener> element provides a remoting layer based on a Unix domain socket, and is recommended for use on all non-Windows platforms.

If a <Listener> or <TCPListener> are relevant element is absent from the SPConfig elementthe configuration, this is the default auto-configured on non-Windows platforms, with the defaults default settings as noted below.

Attributes

NameTypeDefaultDescription
addresslocal pathnameshibd.sock

Pathname to use for the Unix domain socket. All Shibboleth Both the web server and shibd daemon processes need to be able to read and write to this path.

stackSize size in kilobytes0

If non-zero, sets the stack size of daemon worker threads in kilobytes. Zero results in the default OS-supplied size being used, which can be surprisingly large.

clientAddresslocal pathname

If set, this overrides the address attribute for the "in-process" half of the system (web server modules).

Child Elements

None

Example

Code Block
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titleSame (on Unix) as not specifying any index
<UnixListener address="shibd.sock"/>