How to restrict access to a site by IP

Introduction

This article provides the procedure to restrict access to your site by the client's IP address.

Procedure

1. Access the server's command line as the cPanel user via SSH or "Terminal" in cPanel.
2. Open the site's .htaccess file in your preferred text editor.
3. Add the following to the .htaccess file.

   <RequireAll>
       Require all granted
       Require not ip 203.0.113.2
   </RequireAll>

   Please note that "203.0.113.2" must be replaced by the IP address to block.
4. Save the changes and exit the text editor.

Please note that if the domain uses Cloudflare for its DNS, because Cloudflare proxies the connection, this would not work without disabling their proxy service.

Additional resources

Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4: Access Control

Disable Cloudflare proxy for your domain