Question
Is it possible to block access to my website for specific country?
- Posted on June 2, 2015
- Configuration ManagementSecurity
Asked by grammer
Are there any settings for docker to block access to my website for specific country?
Or I need to do all programming myself? Is it optimal to create a block in .htaccess?
Or which 3rd party services to use. Preferably free, of course.
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Hello there,
You can also use third-party providers like CloudFlare that provider Firewall features that allow blocking single IP addresses or whole IP ranges.
Just enter an IP address, an IP range, or a two-letter country code you wish to block. You can check more here:
https://serverpilot.io/docs/how-to-block-ips-with-cloudflare/
Hope that this helps!
Hello there,
In order to block a country, you can use the
CC_DENYoption which accepts two-letter country codes such as US, GB and etc.In order to list more than one country you just need to separate them using comas:
CC_DENY = "AB,CD,EF"You may find a list of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2
If you’re not familiar with CSF or you want to install it on CentOS or Ubuntu droplet check out this mini tutorial:
For CentOS:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-install-and-configure-config-server-firewall-csf-on-centos
Hope that this helps!
Found a solution - I had Prestashop, and just wanted to block specific country. Appeared it is native setting in Preferences→Geolocation