NGINX Configuration File Using Let's Encrypt SSL HTTPS Certificate
This is somewhat my default configuration file for all my websites I run.
This might be handy for some folks.
# Advanced config for NGINX
server_tokens off;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
# Redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.domain.com domain.com;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
# SSL configuration
server {
listen 443 ssl default deferred;
server_name www.domain.com domain.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.domain.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.domain.com/privkey.pem;
# Improve HTTPS performance with session resumption
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_session_timeout 5m;
# Enable server-side protection against BEAST attacks
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_ciphers ECDH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+3DES:!ADH:!AECDH:!MD5;
# Disable SSLv3
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
# Diffie-Hellman parameter for DHE ciphersuites
# $ sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 4096
ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;
# Enable HSTS (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Security/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security)
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains";
# Enable OCSP stapling (http://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox)
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.domain.com/fullchain.pem;
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=300s;
resolver_timeout 5s;
# Required for LE certificate enrollment using certbot
location '/.well-known/acme-challenge' {
default_type "text/plain";
root /var/www/html;
}
location / {
root /var/www/html;
}
}