make nginx only listen to localhost

[Igor Sysoev]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:54:54PM +1100, Gendouki Office wrote:

> Hrmm, im not sure what im doing wrong then, i am mostly using default
> config, only 1 server {}
> 
> stopping and starting using /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nginx stop

It seems you use FreeBSD. What does

netstat -Lan | grep 8080

show ?

> 
> worker_processes  2;
> 
> events {
>     worker_connections  1024;
> }
> 
> 
> http {
> 
>     include       mime.types;
>     default_type  application/octet-stream;
> 
> 
>     sendfile        on;
>     #tcp_nopush     on;
> 
>     #keepalive_timeout  0;
>     keepalive_timeout  65;
> 
>     #gzip  on
> 
>     server {
>         listen      127.0.0.1:8080;
>         server_name  _;
> 
>         #charset koi8-r;
> 
>         #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;
> 
>         location / {
>             root   /usr/local/www/nginx;
>             index  index.html index.htm;
> 
>         }
>     }
> }
> 
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 08:54:05PM +1100, Gendouki Office wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to make nginx only accessible by localhost:8080
> > > i have tried doing
> > >
> > > server {
> > >
> > > listen  127.0.0.1:8080;
> > >
> > >         server_name  _;
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > however it still accepts requests from external ip's
> > >
> > >
> > > how can i stop this?
> >
> > This should work.
> > Have you are server{}s in configuration ?
> >
> > > i have also tried
> > >
> > > allow 127.0.0.1;
> > >
> > > deny all;
> >
> > This should work too.
> >
> > > but this seems to deny localhost as well
> > >
> > > running latest stable 0.6
> >
> >
> > --
> > Igor Sysoev
> > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> >
> >

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Igor Sysoev
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