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Cap Concurrent Connections

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Write /etc/nginx/conf.d/connlimit.conf declaring a connection-limit zone with limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=addr:10m; and, inside a server{} or location, applying limit_conn addr 10; to cap each client to 10 simultaneous connections. (Authored config, graded structurally — the engine isn't run here.)

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