On Tuesday 09 October 2012 13:20:00 zildjohn01 wrote:
> I'm attempting to rate limit requests, and I'm unable to make the limit_req
> directive have any effect. I've trimmed it down to a minimal test case.
> Here's my complete nginx.conf (with only the server_name changed to protect
> the innocent):
>
[...]
> limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=req_res:10m rate=1r/s;
> limit_req zone=req_res;
>
> server {
> listen 80;
> server_name example.com *.example.com;
> location / {
> return 410;
> }
> }
[...]
>
> Am I missing something obvious here?
>

"return" is a directive from the rewrite module which works on the rewrite
phase. "limit_req" works on the preaccess phase that comes later. So, your
request doesn't reach the limit_req module.

wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev

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