Disable mod_evasive for single site?

[Scott Galambos]

I have a cPanel v94.0.11 server with Apache. It has mod_evasive for some rate throttling. It works fine.

I simply need to know how to disable mod_evasive for a single website. I don't need to whitelist an external IP. I want to somehow have anything incoming to a specific domain I host to not be mod-evasive'd. Can I turn it off in the addon domains .htaccess?

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! Unfortunately this isn't possible. According to the creators of that module here:

Mod evasive - Atomicorp Wiki

wiki.atomicorp.com

"No. mod_evasive is an apache module, it sets global limits based on your configuration for the server to protect the server from DOS attacks. Disabling it for a domain or vhost would make it possible, via a DOS attack, to bring the whole server down. This modules job is protect your server."

I'm sorry I don't have better news on that one for you.

 

[Scott Galambos]

Do you know if I can at least specify unique values per domain/site? Like allow more hits at least? Or is mod_evasive's config global?

 

[cPRex]

There isn't an option for that either. Since it works on a global level it doesn't have any knowledge of domains or vhosts, but just tracks inbound activity in general.