Hello,

I have tried to rate limit a resource using HttpLimitReq that is passed on to a backend Apache server. Now when I try to limit this resource, nothing is blocked and all requests go through. When using static resources, the limit_req works as expected. Here is my config:

location /cgi-bin/test\.pl {
limit_req zone=one nodelay burst=3;
}

location /cgi-bin/ {
proxy_pass http://default_backend/cgi-bin/;
}

I think this might be related to the execution order or these modules. Which of the commands limit_req and proxy_pass is evaluated first? How can I limit the access to resources in a backend server?

Thank you for your help!

Best regards,
Jonas Kaufmann