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example.com.conf· 76 lines
# HTTP -> HTTPS redirect
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name example.com;
return 301 https://www.example.com$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name example.com;
# SSL
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/chain.pem;
ssl_session_timeout 1d;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
# OCSP stapling
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
resolver 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8 valid=60s;
resolver_timeout 2s;
# Security headers
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload" always;
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
add_header Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" always;
add_header Permissions-Policy "geolocation=(), microphone=(), camera=()" always;
# Gzip
gzip on;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml application/json application/javascript application/xml+rss application/atom+xml image/svg+xml;
client_max_body_size 16M;
access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.error.log warn;
root /var/www/example.com;
index index.html index.htm;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
# Static asset caching
location ~* \.(?:css|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|svg|webp|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ {
expires 1y;
add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
access_log off;
}
}
Save to /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com.conf then:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx
# First-time SSL setup (Let's Encrypt):
sudo certbot --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com