You can put limit_req in a location, for example do not limit static files and only limit expensive backend hits, or use two different thresholds.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 3:39 AM, <li...@lazygranch.com> wrote: > ‎Since this limit is per IP, is the scenario you stated really a problem? > Only that IP is effected. Or as is often the case, did I miss something? > > http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html > > Original Message > From: Grant > Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 6:24 PM > To: nginx@nginx.org > Reply To: nginx@nginx.org > Subject: limit-req and greedy UAs > > Has anyone considered the problem of legitimate UAs which request a > series of files which don't necessarily exist when they access your > site? Requests for files like robots.txt, sitemap.xml, > crossdomain.xml, apple-touch-icon.png, etc could quickly cause the UA > to exceed the limit-req burst value. What is the right way to deal > with this? > > - Grant > > _______________________________________________ > nginx mailing list > nginx@nginx.org > http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx > > _______________________________________________ > nginx mailing list > nginx@nginx.org > http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx >
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