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  • @phenomlab

    I think you’re right Mark and that’s why I come here looking for your valuable advice and expertise 😉

    Basically, the illegal site that closed was a movie download site A topic was opened on our forum to talk about it and many came looking for answers on why and how.

    You’re actually right about the fact that we can’t be sure of anything and there are bot attacks or ddos in the lot of connexions

    I activated the under attack mode on Cloudflare as you advised me to see (just now.) and we will see like you said

    As you advised, I also reset the default nginx configuration values ​​and removed my nginx modifications specified above.

    I would like to take advantage of your expertise, see a hand from you to properly configure nginx for ddos ​​and high traffic. (What precise modifications to specify as well as the precise values.)

    wrote on last edited by
    #10

    @DownPW ok, good. Let’s see what the challenge does to the site traffic. Those whom are legitimate users won’t mind having to perform a one time additional authentication step, but bots of course will simply stumble at this hurdle.

  • @DownPW ok, good. Let’s see what the challenge does to the site traffic. Those whom are legitimate users won’t mind having to perform a one time additional authentication step, but bots of course will simply stumble at this hurdle.

    wrote on last edited by DownPW
    #11

    @phenomlab

    number of user is better (408) but a lot of loose connexion. navigation is hard

  • @phenomlab

    number of user is better (408) but a lot of loose connexion. navigation is hard

    wrote on last edited by
    #12

    I have chaneg nginx conf with :

    worker_rlimit_nofile 70000;

    events {
    worker_connections 65535;
    multi_accept on;
    }

    CF is under attack mode

  • I have chaneg nginx conf with :

    worker_rlimit_nofile 70000;

    events {
    worker_connections 65535;
    multi_accept on;
    }

    CF is under attack mode

    wrote on last edited by phenomlab
    #13

    @DownPW I still have access to your Cloudflare tenant so will have a look shortly.

    EDIT: I am in now - personally, I would also enable this (and configure it)

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  • @DownPW I still have access to your Cloudflare tenant so will have a look shortly.

    EDIT: I am in now - personally, I would also enable this (and configure it)

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    wrote on last edited by DownPW
    #14

    @phenomlab I have already activate it and add a waf rules for russian country

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    With this bots settings :
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    and this settings for ddos protection :

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  • @phenomlab I have already activate it and add a waf rules for russian country

    2e3108dc-8d68-4e48-91c7-e1c3bc00c229-image.png

    With this bots settings :
    e12409dd-df54-4def-b998-470786c3afa9-image.png

    and this settings for ddos protection :

    2e176374-f7d1-48e4-b38f-83360a0f182a-image.png

    wrote on last edited by
    #15

    @DownPW said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

    I have already activate it

    Are you sure? When I checked your tenant it wasn’t active - it’s from where I took the screenshot 😁

  • @DownPW said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

    I have already activate it

    Are you sure? When I checked your tenant it wasn’t active - it’s from where I took the screenshot 😁

    wrote on last edited by
    #16

    @phenomlab

    yep I activate it after 😉

  • @phenomlab

    yep I activate it after 😉

    wrote on last edited by DownPW
    #17

    For your information @phenomlab ,

    • I have ban via iptables suspicious ip address find on /etc/nginx/accesss.log and virtualhost access.log like this : iptables -I INPUT -s IPADDRESS -j DROP
    • Activate bot option on CF
    • Create contry rules (Russie and China) on CF WAF
    • I left under attack mode option activated on CF
    • I have just change nginx.conf like this for test (If you have best value, I take it ! ) :
    worker_rlimit_nofile 70000; 
    
    events {
    
    	worker_connections 65535;
    	multi_accept on; 
    }
    
    http {
    
    	##
    	# Basic Settings
    	##
    
    	limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=flood:10m rate=100r/s; 
    	limit_req zone=flood burst=100 nodelay; 
    	limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=ddos:10m; 
    	limit_conn ddos 100;
    

    100r/s iit’s already a lot !!

    and for vhost file :

    server {
    	.....
    
            location / {
    				
    				limit_req zone=flood; #Test 
    				limit_conn ddos 100; #Test 
    }
    

    –> If you have other ideas, I’m interested
    –> If you have better values ​​to use in what I modified, please let me know.

  • For your information @phenomlab ,

    • I have ban via iptables suspicious ip address find on /etc/nginx/accesss.log and virtualhost access.log like this : iptables -I INPUT -s IPADDRESS -j DROP
    • Activate bot option on CF
    • Create contry rules (Russie and China) on CF WAF
    • I left under attack mode option activated on CF
    • I have just change nginx.conf like this for test (If you have best value, I take it ! ) :
    worker_rlimit_nofile 70000; 
    
    events {
    
    	worker_connections 65535;
    	multi_accept on; 
    }
    
    http {
    
    	##
    	# Basic Settings
    	##
    
    	limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=flood:10m rate=100r/s; 
    	limit_req zone=flood burst=100 nodelay; 
    	limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=ddos:10m; 
    	limit_conn ddos 100;
    

    100r/s iit’s already a lot !!

    and for vhost file :

    server {
    	.....
    
            location / {
    				
    				limit_req zone=flood; #Test 
    				limit_conn ddos 100; #Test 
    }
    

    –> If you have other ideas, I’m interested
    –> If you have better values ​​to use in what I modified, please let me know.

    wrote on last edited by phenomlab
    #18

    @DownPW my only preference would be to not set worker_connections so high

  • @DownPW my only preference would be to not set worker_connections so high

    wrote on last edited by
    #19

    @phenomlab

    Ok so what value do you advise?

  • @phenomlab

    Ok so what value do you advise?

    wrote on last edited by phenomlab
    #20

    @DownPW you should base it on the output of ulimit - see below

    https://linuxhint.com/what-are-worker-connections-nginx/#:~:text=The worker_connections are the maximum,to accommodate a higher value

    With that high value you run the risk of overwhelming your server.

  • @DownPW you should base it on the output of ulimit - see below

    https://linuxhint.com/what-are-worker-connections-nginx/#:~:text=The worker_connections are the maximum,to accommodate a higher value

    With that high value you run the risk of overwhelming your server.

    wrote on last edited by DownPW
    #21

    @phenomlab

    Thanks mark 😉

    My ulimit is 1024, so I will set it to 1024

  • @phenomlab

    Thanks mark 😉

    My ulimit is 1024, so I will set it to 1024

    wrote on last edited by
    #22

    @DownPW And the worker_processes value ? I expect this to be between 1 and 4 ?

  • @DownPW And the worker_processes value ? I expect this to be between 1 and 4 ?

    wrote on last edited by DownPW
    #23

    @phenomlab

    worker_processes auto;
    
  • @phenomlab

    worker_processes auto;
    
    wrote on last edited by
    #24

    @DownPW ok. You should refer to that some article I previously provided. You can probably set this to a static value.

  • @DownPW ok. You should refer to that some article I previously provided. You can probably set this to a static value.

    wrote on last edited by DownPW
    #25

    @phenomlab

    Ok I will see it for better worker_processes value

    I add a rate limite request and limit_conn_zone on http block and vhost block :

    – nginx.conf:

    http {
    
    	#Requete maximun par ip 
    	limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=flood:10m rate=100r/s; 
    	#Connexions maximum par ip 
    	limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=ddos:1m;
    
    -- vhost.conf :
            location / {
    				
    				limit_req zone=flood burst=100 nodelay; 
    				limit_conn ddos 10;
    

    –> I have test other value for rate and burst but they cause problem access to the forum. If you have better, I take it

    I add today a proxy_read_timeout on vhost.conf (60 by default)

    proxy_read_timeout 180;
    

    I have deactivate underattack mode on CF and change for high Level

    I have add other rules on CF waf :

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  • @phenomlab

    Ok I will see it for better worker_processes value

    I add a rate limite request and limit_conn_zone on http block and vhost block :

    – nginx.conf:

    http {
    
    	#Requete maximun par ip 
    	limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=flood:10m rate=100r/s; 
    	#Connexions maximum par ip 
    	limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=ddos:1m;
    
    -- vhost.conf :
            location / {
    				
    				limit_req zone=flood burst=100 nodelay; 
    				limit_conn ddos 10;
    

    –> I have test other value for rate and burst but they cause problem access to the forum. If you have better, I take it

    I add today a proxy_read_timeout on vhost.conf (60 by default)

    proxy_read_timeout 180;
    

    I have deactivate underattack mode on CF and change for high Level

    I have add other rules on CF waf :

    9059db6c-f4f3-4415-bb47-ab88b2b41861-image.png

    wrote on last edited by
    #26

    @DownPW what settings do you have in advanced (in settings) for rate limit etc?

  • @DownPW what settings do you have in advanced (in settings) for rate limit etc?

    wrote on last edited by
    #27

    @phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

    @DownPW what settings do you have in advanced (in settings) for rate limit etc?

    In cloudflare ?

  • wrote on last edited by DownPW
    #28

    @phenomlab

    I wanted to test awstats on virtualmin with root account and it hasn’t updated since August 2022.

    I wanted to regenerate the files but I have a problem of rights.

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    What do you think ? and how t ore-generate a rapport correctly

    I would like to use it to better manage the @ips that connect to the server

  • @phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

    @DownPW what settings do you have in advanced (in settings) for rate limit etc?

    In cloudflare ?

    wrote on last edited by
    #29

    @DownPW no, sorry - in NodeBB ACP


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