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Set Up Nginx Rate Limiting on Debian VPS

Category: VPS Setup

Configure Nginx rate limiting—request throttling—on a Debian VPS—install with

apt install nginx

edit /etc/nginx/nginx conf:

limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=mylimit:10m rate=10r/s;\nserver { limit_req zone=mylimit burst=20; }

Reload with

nginx -s reload

open port:

ufw allow 80

On Linode test with

ab -n 100 -c 50 http://ip/

—expect 429s after limit Ensures uptime—protects phpMyAdmin from overload in VPS hosting