IPv6 range specification for allow/deny

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:51:33AM +0000, Jens Rantil wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to limit a range of IPv6 space to a "server" context using "allow" and "deny". I haven't been able to find any information on how to do this in the documentation, nor on the web. The only example I've found[1] is for fixed IPv6 adresses like so:
> 
> allow   2620:100:e000::8001;
> 
> [1] http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpAccessModule
> 
> So far I have tried
> 
> allow   2d00:1201::/32
> allow   [2d00:1201::]/32
> 
> but nginx configuration validation complains. Is this IPv6 ranges possible to allow/deny? What is the correct format? Any input would be appreciated.

See the official docs:
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_access_module.html