Rails 3 - Whitelisting list of IPs via routes

Question

This is a two part question. I\'m needing to restrict a rails site that I\'m throwing on development server to only a few IP addresses, so the public can\'t access it. (Basi

Answer 1

Or simply use apache's .htaccess:

1. Add the following to the http.conf or whatever conf file you have for apache and your rails app

AllowOverride all

1. Create a file .htaccess in the rails folder and add the following

Allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Deny from all