Rate Limiting and Traffic Control
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- Authors
- Name
- Vijaykumar Rajendran
- @vijayrajendran_
Table of Contents
Rate Limiting and Traffic Control
Define Rate Limit Zone
http {
limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=general:10m rate=10r/s;
limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=login:10m rate=5r/m;
limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api:10m rate=100r/m;
}
Settings:
$binary_remote_addr- Limit per IPzone=name:size- Zone name and memoryrate=10r/s- 10 requests per second
Apply Rate Limit
server {
location / {
limit_req zone=general burst=20 nodelay;
proxy_pass http://backend;
}
location /api {
limit_req zone=api burst=10 nodelay;
proxy_pass http://api;
}
location /login {
limit_req zone=login burst=2 nodelay;
proxy_pass http://backend;
}
}
DDoS protected!