Maintenance mode for all but my ip

[Jonathan Matthews]

On 7 December 2013 14:58, B.R. <reallfqq-nginx at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> I am new to the use of maps, but I suppose it would fit perfectly, using
> core variables such as the binary IP address:
[snip]
>     rewrite ^.*$ $target #Redirecting all traffic according to map-assigned

I don't particularly like ^^^ this. It seems like a level of
indirection too far ;-)

Using /almost/ the same technique, you could have a map based on the
remote IP like BR suggested, but use it like this:

http {
 map $remote_addr $not_me {
  default 1;
  my.ip.address "";
 }
 server {
  # whatever else you need
  location / {
   if ($not_me) {
     return 503
   }
  }
 }
}

Cheers,
Jonathan