On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 09:28:04AM -0400, j0nes2k wrote:

Hi there,

A general rule of nginx is that one request is handled by one location
block. Only the configuration in, or inherited by, that location matters.

(An internal redirect counts as a new request, more or less.)

> when I try to limit this resource,
> nothing is blocked and all requests go through.

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

There is a limit_req in this location.

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

There's no limit_req in this location.

Does that (indirectly) answer your question?

f
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