[QUESTION] Is possible to allow access to web server only from localhost?

[pabloriera]

Basically, I don't want the server to be accessible from outside. Wondering if there is an easy way to set the IP like, 127.0.0.1 local only or 0.0.0.0 for any IP. Thanks

[appellod]

I'm not sure what the use-case for this is, but I'm using Mongoku behind Nginx with Basic Authentication. You can allow access by IP address, too. You would just have to create a server.whitelist and put the following:

allow 127.0.0.1; # Allow only localhost.
deny all; # Deny everyone else.

I know you asked for this to be included in Mongoku itself, but I would instead suggest this solutioon. Nginx and other proxies are specifically designed for access control and provide tons of different features to do so.

[julien-c]

Yes I’ll second that