{"id":2028,"date":"2012-11-30T15:42:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T15:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/11\/30\/block-ips\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:27:39","slug":"block-ips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/moodle\/block-ips\/","title":{"rendered":"Blocking IP&#8217;s in the Moodle Site administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Moodle 2.3, IP addresses can be blocked or allowed access to the site. Frequently, robots and other visitors can hit the Moodle site frequently causing the site to crash or hackers to attempt to compromise the site. To restrict Moodle\u2019s access from the web, Moodle incorporated the <strong>IP blocker<\/strong> feature in the Site administration. IP\u2019s can also be set so that only users from the school campus can access as well. This gives the administrator the ability to regulate the traffic. The following will explain how to block IP addresses in Moodle.<\/p>\n<h3>Using the IP blocker<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/moodle\/moodle-login-administrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click for more information\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Log into the Moodle Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_201_block-ips_block-ips.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_201_block-ips_block-ips.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"block-ips\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Navigate to <strong>Site administration<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Security<\/strong> &gt; <strong>IP blocker<\/strong> in the <strong>Settings<\/strong>. <br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_201_block-ips_block-ips-add.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"block-ips-add\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_201_block-ips_block-ips-add.gif\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; float: right;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Enter the IP\u2019s in the Blocked IP\u2019s list. Each IP needs to be on a separate line. IP ranges can be added as well. Once the IP\u2019s are entered click <strong>Save changes<\/strong>.<br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations, now the IP\u2019s that were entered will not be allowed to access the Moodle site. This concludes the article for Blocking IP\u2019s in the Moodle Site administrator. For more information about articles with a similar topic, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/zend\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to view the courses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moodle site security<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Moodle 2.3, IP addresses can be blocked or allowed access to the site. Frequently, robots and other visitors can hit the Moodle site frequently causing the site to crash or hackers to attempt to compromise the site. 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