Nginx – Blocking access from a country

Tutorial Nginx – GEOIP2 database installation

Access the MAXMIND website and create a new account.

Access your account profile and create a new key.

Add the MAXMIND repository to your Ubuntu Linux.

Install the package named GEOIPUPDATE.

Edit the GEOIPUPDATE configuration file.

Insert your account ID and license key.

Here is the file, before our configuration.

Here is the file, after our configuration.

Update the database of GEOIP2.

Verify the GEOIP2 database installation.

Here is the command output.

You installed the GEOIP2 database for countries and cities.

Congratulations! You have finished the installation of GEOIPUPDATE.

Tutorial Nginx – Blocking access from a country

Install the Nginx server and the required module.

Edit the Nginx configuration file.

Add the following line to the configuration file.

In our example, we denied access from Brazil and the United States.

Verify the list of country codes.

Here is the file, before our configuration.

Here is the file, after our configuration.

Edit the Nginx configuration file for the default website.

Add the following line to the configuration file.

Here is the file, before our configuration.

Here is the file, after our configuration.

Restart the Nginx service.

Here is the command output.

Congratulations! You are able to configure Nginx to restrict access to your website based on the country of the request.

Tutorial GEOIP2 – Database update

Create a scheduled task to update the GEOIP2 database.

Here is the file content.

Congratulations! You have configured the GEOIP2 database automatic update.

Tutorial Nginx – Include the country code in the log

Edit the Nginx configuration file.

Remove the following line from the configuration file.

Add the following lines to the configuration file.

As an example, here is our configuration file.

Restart the Nginx service.

The Nginx server will log the country code of the request in the log file.

Here is an example of the Nginx log.

Congratulations! You have configured the Nginx server to include the country code in the log files.