Title: Nginx server
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Nginx server

 *  [Symphosize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/symphosize/)
 * (@symphosize)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nginx-server-1/)
 * I am looking to use a security plugin for my AWS instance hosted websites, but
   we are using an NGINX server and I know a lot of these plugins really rely upon
   the htaccess file. Is there a recommended workflow for using this plugin on a
   WP site with nginx? Or is there a preferred plugin?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nginx-server-1/#post-7347507)
 * Hello Symphosize,
    Wordfence should work fine with your setup. Wordfence is tested
   with NGINX. You can read our system requirements [here](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_system_requirements).
   With NGINX there are two things you want to make sure are configured correctly.
   You need to make sure Wordfence gets IPs correctly. [Here ](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_options#How_does_Wordfence_get_IPs)
   are instructions for how to determine and set that. Since Wordfence 6 we have
   a new Web Application Firewall that loads before any other code loads on a server
   to protect more efficiently. The WAF configuration procedure creates a user.ini
   file in the root of your site and with NGINX you want to make sure it’s hidden
   correctly. Instructions for that can be found [here](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Web_Application_Firewall_FAQ#How_can_I_hide_.user.ini_if_my_server_runs_NGINX.3F).
   Let me know if you have any more questions.

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 * [nginx](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/nginx/)
 * [server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/server/)

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