Would you like to learn how to install Nginx and deny access to a list of URLs? In this tutorial, we are going to configure the Nginx server to block the access to a list of pages.
• Ubuntu 18
• Ubuntu 19
• Ubuntu 20
• Nginx 1.18.0
In our example, the Nginx server is hosting the website WWW.GAMEKING.TIPS.
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Tutorial Nginx – Blocking the access to URLs
Install the Nginx server.
Edit the Nginx configuration file for the default website.
Add the following line to the configuration file.
Change this line, enter the words that you want to deny access on the URL.
Here is the file, before our configuration.
Here is the file, after our configuration.
Restart the Nginx service.
In our example, the Nginx server will deny access to any URL containing the following words.
From a remote Linux computer, try to access a blocked URL.
Here is the command output.
If a user tries to access a URL containing the prohibited words, the request will be denied.
Congratulations! You are able to deny access to URLs containing specific words on the Nginx server.
