= Resource Limits
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Sometimes it's helpful to set particular limits on what certain users can do beyond the normal security settings related to authorization and  authentication.
For example, limiting how many connections a user can create or how many queues a user can create.
This chapter will explain how to  configure such limits.

== Configuring Limits Via Resource Limit Settings

Here is an example of the XML used to set resource limits:

[,xml]
----
<resource-limit-settings>
   <resource-limit-setting match="myUser">
      <max-connections>5</max-connections>
      <max-queues>3</max-queues>
   </resource-limit-setting>
</resource-limit-settings>
----

Unlike the `match` from `address-setting`, this `match` does not use any wild-card syntax.
It's a simple 1:1 mapping of the limits to a *user*.

max-connections::
How many connections the matched user can make to the broker.
The default is -1 which means there is no limit.

max-queues::
How many queues the matched user can create.
The default is -1 which means there is no limit.