The settings tab contains a variety of miscellaneous settings. These include web server IP settings, visitor log retention, nameserver monitoring, additional headers for Geo IP, redirections to other domains, and options to delete a website.
Webserver IP #
The IP of the webserver, often referred to as the origin IP in a CDN or reverse-proxy context, is a crucial setting for your website. Deflect relies on it to route all the visitor traffic to your origin server.
The process of changing the Webserver IP can be time-consuming and may take between 5 to 30 minutes. Ensure that traffic can reach both the former and new IP addresses during this process.
For eQPress client, Deflect eQPress hosting manages your website. Therefore, for security purposes, your IP will be masked and you won’t be required to update it.
Visitor logs #
Deflect automatically logs all HTTP access to your website. However, You can disable this for privacy reasons, but doing so will also disable your statistics and limit the ability of Deflect to analyze attack against your website.
Deflect uses the Nginx HTTP server as a reverse proxy, providing a barrier between your origin server and the visitors. It keeps a record of HTTP meta logs, which includes basic HTTP header details including, but not limit to IP address, request hostname, URL, query strings, and user agent. This data is analyzed to protect your website from bot and DDoS attacks by Deflect.
Deflect refrains from recording the body of HTTP requests and HTTP headers that could hold sensitive data. Consequently, private details like login form POST request, HTTP Authorization header, and cookies that include session tokens will NOT be logged by Deflect.
Please refer to our Privacy Notice regarding log retention policy.
Nameserver Monitoring #
Deflect automatically monitors your nameserver (NS) records to ensure your domain is still pointed to Deflect. You can opt out of this monitoring by disabling this option.
Additional Headers #
Configure Deflect to include extra HTTP headers, such as the real client IP address or GeoIP information to your origin server. Useful for logging, analytics, or applying location-based rules on your server.
- X-Deflect-Client-IP
- True-Client-IP Header
- X-Deflect-Country, X-Deflect-Country-Code
- X-Deflect-City, X-Deflect-Geo-Lat and X-Deflect-Geo-Lon
Please note, if a HTTP server is running on your origin server, it might be necessary to alter the configuration to allow it to accept and forward these headers to your backend application.
Sample value of these header:
{
"X-Deflect-Client-IP": "203.0.0.0",
"True-Client-IP": "203.0.0.0",
"X-Deflect-Country-Code": "CA",
"X-Deflect-Country": "Canada",
"X-Deflect-City": "Montreal",
"X-Deflect-Geo-Lat": 45.50,
"X-Deflect-Geo-Lon": -73.5674
}Redirection #
Redirect all website traffic to another URL using a permanent 301 redirect. Once enabled, this will be the only active feature, no other Deflect functions will apply. Only use this option is you intend to set your website as a redirection only mirror site.
Delete website #
Permanently removes your website and all its data from Deflect. Deflect will stop serving your site immediately. To keep your website online, you must update your DNS nameservers to point away from Deflect. This action cannot be undone.
