# inception modifications : # # ssl_protocols : # < ssl_protocols TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE # > ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE # gzip : # < gzip off; # > gzip on; # sites-enabled : # < # include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*; # > include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*; # doc : https://nginx.org/en/docs/dirindex.html user www-data; # process owner name, can be anything worker_processes auto; # a worker is a process that handles incoming requests, auto to automatically adjust the number of processes available pid /run/nginx.pid; # defines a file that will store the process id of the main process include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf; # include a file events { # section for connection processing directives worker_connections 768; # max number of connection that can be opened by a worker process # multi_accept on; } http { # section for http server directives ## # Basic Settings ## sendfile on; # enable the use of linux sendfil() function, that transfer data directly betzeen fd, so withour copying to intermediate memory buffer, it increases performances in most cases (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58066785/always-use-sendfile-with-nginx-on-linux) tcp_nopush on; # enables the socket option TCP_CORK/TCP_NOPUSH, that allows to send packets filled with more datas (https://baus.net/on-tcp_cork/) tcp_nodelay on; # opposit of TCP_CORK, TCP_NODELAY says the application to send datas as soon as it receives it, both options are exclusives but can work together in modern kernel (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3761276/when-should-i-use-tcp-nodelay-and-when-tcp-cork) keepalive_timeout 65; # in seconds, defines time before closing a connexion without activity types_hash_max_size 2048; # maximum size for the list that stores duplicates of the hash table, size of the hash table is chosen accordingly (https://nginx.org/en/docs/hash.html, hash table : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUTuwz_b7Q) # server_tokens off; # server_names_hash_bucket_size 64; # server_name_in_redirect off; include /etc/nginx/mime.types; # include a file default_type application/octet-stream; # defines the default MIME type (default is text/plain) ## # SSL Settings ## ssl_protocols TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE # enables the specified protocols. The TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 parameters works only when OpenSSL 1.0.1 or higher is used, and the TLSv1.3 only when OpenSSL 1.1.1 or higher is used ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; # Specifies that server ciphers should be preferred over client ciphers when using the SSLv3 and TLS protocols (a cipher is "an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption, a series of [...] steps that can be followed as a procedure" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher_suite) ## # Logging Settings ## access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; # defines where to write the access logs. if gzip is used, the log will be buffered error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log; # defines where to write the error logs. if gzip is used, the log will be buffered ## # Gzip Settings ## gzip off; # enable gzipping of responses. gzip is an algorithm that compress the data (disabled for security reasons : https://bugs.debian.org/773332) # gzip_vary on; # gzip_proxied any; # gzip_comp_level 6; # gzip_buffers 16 8k; # gzip_http_version 1.1; # gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript; ## # Virtual Host Configs ## include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf; # include the *.conf files found in conf.d folder. do the same as "sites-enabled" with another approach : you put your .conf files for the site inside this folder, and if you want to disable a config file you just rename it to no have a .conf suffix # include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*; # include all the (symlink) files found in sites-enabled folder. do the same as "conf.d" with another approach : you put all your configurations files into a "/etc/nginx/sites-available/" folder, and you put symlinks of a selection of thoses files that you want to use for the site, into "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/" folder (bad practice : https://serverfault.com/questions/527630/difference-in-sites-available-vs-sites-enabled-vs-conf-d-directories-nginx#answer-870709) } #mail { # # See sample authentication script at: # # http://wiki.nginx.org/ImapAuthenticateWithApachePhpScript # # # auth_http localhost/auth.php; # # pop3_capabilities "TOP" "USER"; # # imap_capabilities "IMAP4rev1" "UIDPLUS"; # # server { # listen localhost:110; # protocol pop3; # proxy on; # } # # server { # listen localhost:143; # protocol imap; # proxy on; # } #}