How to install nginx-module-abuse-guard on Debian

Auto-ban abusive clients by error-response rate

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Description

NGINX module that watches the rate of error responses (404/403 by default, with opt-in 5xx) each client generates and applies a timed in-process lockout to clients whose traffic is mostly failure. The ban decision is made in the NGINX preaccess phase, before any handler or upstream runs, with a fixed per-client memory footprint independent of the threshold. Optional Redis/Valkey ban replication spans nodes, and compact on-disk snapshots preserve active bans across clean reloads and restarts. No daemon, log shipper, or scripting layer required.

Built for Debian.

Install

curl -fsSL https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.deb -o /tmp/getpagespeed-release.deb
sudo apt-get install -y /tmp/getpagespeed-release.deb
rm /tmp/getpagespeed-release.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y nginx-module-abuse-guard

curl -fsSL https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.deb -o /tmp/getpagespeed-release.deb
sudo apt-get install -y /tmp/getpagespeed-release.deb
rm /tmp/getpagespeed-release.deb
sudo getpagespeed-extras-channel mainline
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y nginx-module-abuse-guard

Frequently asked questions

How do I install nginx-module-abuse-guard on Debian?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then install the nginx-module-abuse-guard package with your system package manager.

Which Debian versions is nginx-module-abuse-guard available for?

nginx-module-abuse-guard is available for Debian 12, 13.

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