NGINX Cookbook

How to do it...

Follow these steps for rate limiting:

1. Firstly, we need to define a shared memory space to use for tracking the IP addresses. This needs to be added in the main configuration file, outside the standard server block directive. Here's our code:

      limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=basiclimit:10m rate=10r/s; 

2. Then, within the server block, you can set which location you wish to limit. Here's what our server block directive looks like:

      server { 
          listen       80; 
          server_name  limit.nginxcookbook.com; 
          access_log  /var/log/nginx/limit-access.log  combined; 
 
          location / { 
              limit_req zone=basiclimit burst=5; 
              proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000; 
              proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For  $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; ...