limit_req works with multiple connections, it is usually configured per IP using $binary_remote_addr. See http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html#limit_req_zone - you can use variables to set the key to whatever you like.
limit_req generally helps protect eg your backend against request floods from a single IP and any amount of connections. limit_conn protects against excessive connections tying up resources on the webserver itself. On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.nginx.com/blog/tuning-nginx/ > > > > I have far more faith in this write up regarding tuning than the > anti-ddos, though both have similarities. > > > > My interpretation is the user bandwidth is connections times rate. But > you can't limit the connection to one because (again my interpretation) > there can be multiple users behind one IP. Think of a university reading > your website. Thus I am more comfortable limiting bandwidth than I am > limiting the number of connections. The 512k rate limit is fine. I > wouldn't go any higher. > > > If I understand correctly, limit_req only works if the same connection > is used for each request. My goal with limit_conn and limit_conn_zone > would be to prevent someone from circumventing limit_req by opening a > new connection for each request. Given that, why would my > limit_conn/limit_conn_zone config be any different from my > limit_req/limit_req_zone config? > > - Grant > > > > Should I basically duplicate my limit_req and limit_req_zone > > directives into limit_conn and limit_conn_zone? In what sort of > > situation would someone not do that? > > > > - Grant > > _______________________________________________ > nginx mailing list > nginx@nginx.org > http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx >
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