Nginx Rate limiting for HTTPS requests

[rickGsp]

>>Please show "uname -a", "nginx -V", and "ps -alxww | grep nginx" 
>>output.

#uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 4
01:06:37 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

#nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.14.0
built by gcc 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-16) (GCC) 
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips  26 Jan 2017
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx
--modules-path=/usr/lib64/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid
--lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock
--http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp
--http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp
--http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp
--http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx
--with-compat --with-file-aio --with-threads --with-http_addition_module
--with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_dav_module
--with-http_flv_module --with-http_gunzip_module
--with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_mp4_module
--with-http_random_index_module --with-http_realip_module
--with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_slice_module
--with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_sub_module
--with-http_v2_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-stream
--with-stream_realip_module --with-stream_ssl_module
--with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall
-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -fPIC'
--with-ld-opt='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie'


#ps -alxww | grep nginx
5     0  9613     1  20   0  48516  1352 sigsus Ss   ?          0:00 nginx:
master process /usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
5   996  9614  9613  20   0  53204  7892 ep_pol S    ?          1:35 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9615  9613  20   0  53800  8476 ep_pol S    ?          1:37 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9616  9613  20   0  54888  9648 ep_pol S    ?          1:56 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9617  9613  20   0  53008  7696 ep_pol S    ?          2:22 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9618  9613  20   0  53452  8140 ep_pol S    ?          2:12 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9619  9613  20   0  55036  9712 ep_pol S    ?          2:14 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9620  9613  20   0  58700 13484 ep_pol S    ?          2:18 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9621  9613  20   0  55532 10316 ep_pol S    ?          2:20 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9622  9613  20   0  53504  8300 ep_pol S    ?          2:18 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9623  9613  20   0  53204  7892 ep_pol S    ?          2:12 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9624  9613  20   0  52196  6992 ep_pol S    ?          2:32 nginx:
worker process
5   996  9625  9613  20   0  57164 11944 ep_pol S    ?          2:24 nginx:
worker process
0     0 26753 26580  20   0 112648   964 pipe_w S+   pts/0      0:00 grep
--color=auto nginx

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