# Main nginx configuration file
user nginx;
worker_processes auto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
use epoll;
multi_accept on;
}
http {
# Basic settings
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
# Logging format
log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
'"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
# Performance settings
sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
# Gzip compression
gzip on;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_min_length 1024;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml;
# Rate limiting
limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api:10m rate=100r/m;
limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=login:10m rate=5r/m;
# SSL settings
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256;
# Upstream backend servers
upstream app_backend {
server 127.0.0.1:8080 max_fails=3 fail_timeout=30s;
server 127.0.0.1:8081 max_fails=3 fail_timeout=30s backup;
}
upstream api_backend {
least_conn;
server 10.0.1.10:3000 weight=3;
server 10.0.1.11:3000 weight=2;
server 10.0.1.12:3000 weight=1;
}
# Main server block
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
# Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
# HTTPS server block
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
# SSL configuration
ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/example.com.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/example.com.key;
ssl_session_timeout 1d;
ssl_session_cache shared:MozTLS:10m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
# Security headers
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000" always;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
add_header X-Frame-Options "DENY" always;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
# API endpoints
location /api/ {
limit_req zone=api burst=20 nodelay;
proxy_pass http://api_backend;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_connect_timeout 30s;
proxy_send_timeout 30s;
proxy_read_timeout 30s;
}
# Authentication endpoints (stricter rate limiting)
location /api/auth/ {
limit_req zone=login burst=5 nodelay;
proxy_pass http://api_backend;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
# Static files
location /static/ {
alias /var/www/static/;
expires 1M;
add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
}
# Images with optimization
location /images/ {
alias /var/www/images/;
expires 7d;
add_header Cache-Control "public";
}
# Health check endpoint
location /health {
access_log off;
return 200 "healthy\n";
add_header Content-Type text/plain;
}
# Admin interface (restricted access)
location /admin/ {
allow 192.168.1.0/24;
allow 10.0.0.0/8;
deny all;
proxy_pass http://app_backend;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
# Default location
location / {
proxy_pass http://app_backend;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
# Custom error pages
error_page 404 /404.html;
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /404.html {
internal;
root /var/www/error;
}
location = /50x.html {
internal;
root /var/www/error;
}
}
}