NGINX limit_req Per Hour, Day, Week, Month with NGINX-MOD
by Danila Vershinin, May 4, 2026
Stock NGINX rejects rate=10r/h. The NGINX-MOD limit_req_rate patch adds hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly rate units so SREs can express quotas the way they actually talk about them.
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by Danila Vershinin, January 22, 2026
Learn how to configure NGINX rate limiting using the leaky bucket algorithm. This comprehensive guide covers limit_req_zone, burst, nodelay, delay parameters, whitelisting IPs, and production-ready configurations to protect your server from DDoS attacks, API abuse, and brute force attempts.
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