# Limit\_req does not work

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-req-does-not-work/217152>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [February 22, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-req-does-not-work/217152 "2012-02-22T21:16:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-req-does-not-work/217152/1 "2012-02-22T21:16:30Z")

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Nginx 1.1.15 does not block request if I use “try\_files”. This is my  
markup (simplified):

nginx.conf:  
http {  
limit\_req\_zone $binary\_remote\_addr zone=zone1:32m rate=2r/s;  
limit\_req\_zone $binary\_remote\_addr zone=zone2:32m rate=12r/m;  
server {  
location @backend {  
limit\_req zone=zone1 burst=10;  
limit\_req zone=zone2 burst=100 nodelay;  
[…]  
fastcgi\_pass  
unix:/var/run/fastcgi/dispatch.sock;  
[…]  
}  
location / {  
try\_files $uri @backend;  
expires max;  
}  
}  
}

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[limit\_req does not work](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,222872,222872#msg-222872)**
>
> Nginx 1.1.15 does not block request if I use "try\_files". This is my markup (simplified): nginx.conf: http { limit\_req\_zone $binary\_remote\_addr zone=zone1:32m rate=2r/s; limit\_req\_zone $binary\_remote\_addr zone=zone2:32m rate=12r/m;

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-req-does-not-work/217152/2 "2012-02-28T14:09:38Z")

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Hello!

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:16:15PM -0500, double wrote:

> ```
> limit_req zone=zone2 burst=100 nodelay;
> 
> ```
> 
> }  
> You may want to test again, the above works without any problems  
> here.

Maxim D.