The ability to manage and filter web traffic by country is one of the highly requested features on cPanel servers. Today, we’d show you how to easily do that with ConfigServer Firewall (CSF) plugin in WebHost Manager.
There are a number of reasons why you may want to block traffic from a specific country, including factors such as security issues, ensuring that the content on your website is only visible in certain geographic locations, etc.
If you wish to block traffic from certain countries, follow the simple procedure we’ve explained below:
Step 1: Login to Your WHM Account
To change any settings using Firewall, you’d first have to log into your WHM account.
Step 2: Open the Firewall Plugin
Once in the WebHost Manager, go to the Plugins in the menu on the left, type “Firewall” in the search field and click on “ConfigServer Security & Firewall”.
Step 3: Click on the “Firewall Configuration” Button
Now, you’d need to click on the “Firewall Configuration” button in order to open the configuration file.
Step 4: Go to the “Country Code Lists and Settings” Section
When you’re on the “Firewall Configuration” page, go to the “Country Code Lists and Settings” Section.
Step 5: Block Traffic by Using the “CC_DENY” Field
Now, Use the “CC_DENY” field in order to block traffic at country level.
Note that the “CC_DENY” field only accepts country names in the two-letter country code form. For instance, if you want to deny access to traffic from the United States, type in the country code US. For blocking traffic from multiple countries, separate the country codes using a comma, but don’t use a space in between, such as ‘US,CN,DE’.
Step 6: Click on the “Change” Button
After you’ve added the countries, scroll down and click on the “Change” button to save changes.
Step 7: Click on “Restart csf+lfd”
On the next screen, click on the “Restart csf+lfd” button to restart the firewall with the new changed settings.
All done!
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