DDOS Attack to http server and iptables doesn't help (i have access_log)

Question

Im under a DDOS attack that target http server, i try iptables and other measures but nothing seems to work. Here is part of access_log:

https://pastebin.com/6JFKmUi8

Lot of connections but iptables won't stop the attack, there is my iptables rules:

iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -s 147.135.37.113 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -f -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL ALL -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL NONE -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP
iptables -N LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT21
iptables -A PORT21 -m recent --set --name lp21
iptables -A PORT21 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 3 --name lp21 -j DROP
iptables -A PORT21 -m recent --update --seconds 300 --hitcount 10 --name lp21 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT22
iptables -A PORT22 -m recent --set --name lp22
iptables -A PORT22 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 3 --name lp22 -j DROP
iptables -A PORT22 -m recent --update --seconds 300 --hitcount 10 --name lp22 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT80
iptables -A PORT80 -m recent --set --name lp80
iptables -A PORT80 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 20 --name lp80 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT443
iptables -A PORT443 -m recent --set --name lp433
iptables -A PORT443 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 20 --name lp443 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT10000
iptables -A PORT10000 -m recent --set --name lp10000
iptables -A PORT10000 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 20 --name lp10000 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT6900
iptables -A PORT6900 -m recent --set --name lp6900
iptables -A PORT6900 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 10 --name lp6900 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -A PORT6900 -m recent --update --seconds 50 --hitcount 20 --name lp6900 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT6121
iptables -A PORT6121 -m recent --set --name lp6121
iptables -A PORT6121 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 10 --name lp6121 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -A PORT6121 -m recent --update --seconds 50 --hitcount 20 --name lp6121 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -N PORT5121
iptables -A PORT5121 -m recent --set --name lp5121
iptables -A PORT5121 -m recent --update --seconds 30 --hitcount 10 --name lp5121 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -A PORT5121 -m recent --update --seconds 50 --hitcount 20 --name lp5121 -j LOG_AND_DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -m hashlimit --hashlimit-name pings --hashlimit-mode srcip --hashlimit 10/min --hashlimit-burst 10 --hashlimit-htable-expire 30000 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "[Pings]"
iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -m state --state NEW -j PORT21
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -j PORT22
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW -j PORT80
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -m state --state NEW -j PORT443
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 10000 -m state --state NEW -j PORT10000
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6900 -m state --state NEW -j PORT6900
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6121 -m state --state NEW -j PORT6121
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5121 -m state --state NEW -j PORT5121
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m hashlimit --hashlimit-name p80 --hashlimit-mode srcip --hashlimit 50/min --hashlimit-burst 100 --hashlimit-htable-expire 10000 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -m hashlimit --hashlimit-name p443 --hashlimit-mode srcip --hashlimit 50/min --hashlimit-burst 100 --hashlimit-htable-expire 10000 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 10000 -m hashlimit --hashlimit-name p10000 --hashlimit-mode srcip --hashlimit 50/min --hashlimit-burst 100 --hashlimit-htable-expire 10000 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6900 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6121 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5121 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A LOG_AND_DROP -m limit --limit 10/min -j LOG --log-prefix "[Log]"
iptables -A LOG_AND_DROP -j DROP
#iptables -A INPUT -m limit --limit 10/min -j LOG --log-prefix "[Default]"
iptables -A INPUT -d 147.135.37.113 -j DROP

Any advice will be welcomed. I try everything but nothing works.

Answer 1

Talk to your provider (looks like OVH) about their anti-ddos protections on your system. Not all, but most of the reputable providers have ways they can help you with this. Aside from that, you might consider doing a fancy fail2ban rule that watches your web server logs for any client hitting that foro url and just automagically adding a IPTables rule for them. Aside from that, you can put something there ... perhaps a very small 1 byte file? Or put your webserver behind something like cloudflare or some other CDN service. Most of that traffic can be dealt with a handful of ways and it shouldn't put that much stress on your server or on you. Watch out for logfiles filling up your filesystem though! That can create a whole other problem that nobody wants.

check out this for more information on using fail2ban to protect apache from DoS attacks: https://apache.tutorials24x7.com/blog/protect-apache-from-brute-force-and-ddos-attacks-using-fail2ban

Answer 2

The problem solved with this simple iptables (maybe the other rules were too messy)

iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -p icmp -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i eno1 -j DROP

The attacks keep coming but don't colapse the server.