Top 10 requested URLs

Most popular request paths from access log

awk '{print $7}' /var/log/nginx/access.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10
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More nginx commands

  • Top IPs by request count
    awk '{print $1}' /var/log/nginx/access.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10

    Top 10 client IPs hitting the server

  • Rate limiting config block
    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api:10m rate=10r/s; limit_req zone=api burst=20 nodelay;

    Limit to 10 req/s per IP with burst of 20 (add to http/server block)

  • Upstream health proxy pass
    upstream backend { server 10.0.0.1:8080; server 10.0.0.2:8080 backup; keepalive 32; }

    Round-robin upstream with backup and keepalive connections

  • Enable gzip compression
    gzip on; gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript; gzip_min_length 1024; gzip_comp_level 6;

    Compress text responses ≥1KB at level 6

  • Return JSON error response
    error_page 429 /429.json; location = /429.json { default_type application/json; return 429 '{"error":"rate_limited"}'; }

    Custom JSON body for rate-limit or error responses

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