Enable local access for NGINX Plus API

[aknot242]

When uncommenting the config section used to restrict access to the NGINX Plus API, it will break NGINX Agent's ability to scrape the Plus API.

If this is the case, you may receive an access log entry similar to the following:

2025/10/14 11:04:35 [error] 21626#21626: *76799 access forbidden by rule, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api//9/nginx HTTP/1.1", host: "localhost:9000"

Proposed changes

Create an additional allow rule to restore NGINX. Agent's ability to scrape the NGINX Plus API.

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