== nginx_ipset_blacklist

An nginx module for using netfilter ipsets as a black/white list. In comparison to standard nginx access module this allows for dynamic list updating, without nginx reload/restart.

== Installation

• Get youself a linux server with root access
• Install ipset 4.4 (see http://ipset.netfilter.org/install.html)
• Get nginx source code, unpack etc.
• Install libssl-dev, pcre and other nginx requirements
• Configure nginx with this module: ./configure --with-module=/path/to/nginx_ipset_blacklist
• Compile, install
• Configure nginx to run workers as root (this is needed to allow access to ipsets)
• Create yout ipset and add some 'offending' ips to it: sudo ipset -N myblacklist iphash sudo ipset -A myblacklist 127.0.0.1
• Start nginx
• Profit!

== Usage Sample nginx config: user root; worker_processes 1;

events {
  worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
  blacklist "myblacklist";
  include       mime.types;
  default_type  application/octet-stream;

  server {
    # your server configuration goes here
  }

  server {
    whitelist "my_whitelist"; # this server will not use global blacklist, but instad use local whitelist
    ...
  }
}

For blocked ips server will respond with 403 error to any request.

== Author nginx_ipset_blacklist was written by Vasily Fedoseyev aka Vasfed