Nginx static app – restrict by IP

DavidUrban

I have a simple API retrieval script running on Nginx static app. It downloads some images and data on cron run to be used later by our other apps. I would like to limit access to the resources to only other apps on the server – the data is not private, but I would feel better. I tried using .htaccess, but then realised it is not Apache 🙂. And I have never used nginx before :/

So, does anyone know how to do something similar to:
Deny from all Allow from XY

In nginx?

peter

DavidUrban You can't use .htaccess files while using Nginx. This is only possible if an application uses the Apache web server. Restricting access to a specific IP address can be achieved by custom Nginx configuration, but that's not an option on the shared Nginx instance, so you'll have to set up and run a private Nginx stack where you'll have full control over the nginx.conf file.