Blocking Part of a Website¶

You can enable blocking of a part of a website by using the Wallarm-NGINX
configuration file.

To enable blocking, use the directives:

• location – an NGINX directive.

• wallarm_mode block – a Wallarm directive.

Configuring blocking of a part of a website:

1. Open for editing the configuration file in the /etc/nginx‑wallarm directory.

2. Set the blocking rules in the $wallarm_mode_real variable and the location to apply the rules in the location block:

   http {
       ...
       geo $wallarm_mode_real { 
           default block;
           1.1.1.1/24 monitoring;
           2.2.2.2 off;
       }
       ...
       server {
           ...
           location /<some_location>/ { 
               wallarm_mode $wallarm_mode_real;
           }
       } 
   }
   

   The blocking rules in the $wallarm_mode_real variable apply to requests that target URLs containing /some_location/ as substrings:

   • default block — by default, process all the requests and block all the attacks;
   • 1.1.1.1/24 monitoring — process all the requests coming from an IP address from the «1.1.1.1» — «1.1.1.254» pool, but do not block any, even if an attack is detected;
   • 2.2.2.2 off — do not filter any requests coming from the «2.2.2.2» IP address.