Nginx HTTPS configs 2016

nginx.conf

### Nginx main config: Tweaks & SSL settings (without the FastCGI-cache config parts)
### Copied from http://pastebin.com/FtDdGTeX, All credits to the original author

## http {} block:

http {

# [...]

    server_tokens off;
    reset_timedout_connection on;
    if_modified_since before;

    # Limit Request
    limit_req_status 403;
    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=one:10m rate=1r/s;

    fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
    client_max_body_size 100m;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!3DES:!MD5:!PSK";

    # Improves TTFB by using a smaller SSL buffer than the nginx default
    ssl_buffer_size 8k;

    ssl_session_cache builtin:1000 shared:SSL:200m;
    ssl_session_timeout 4h;
    ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;

    # http://nginx.com/blog/improve-seo-https-nginx/
    ssl_session_tickets on;

    sendfile on;
    tcp_nopush on;
    tcp_nodelay on;
    keepalive_requests 500;
    keepalive_timeout 300 300;
    types_hash_max_size 2048;

    server_names_hash_max_size 1024;
    server_names_hash_bucket_size 96;
    server_name_in_redirect off;

    include mime.types;
    default_type application/octet-stream;

    open_log_file_cache max=1000 inactive=20s min_uses=2 valid=1m;

    gzip on;
    gzip_disable "msie6";
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_buffers 16 8k;
    gzip_http_version 1.0;
    gzip_types application/xml;
    gzip_types application/xml+rss;
    gzip_types "application/x-javascript;charset=utf-8";
    gzip_types application/ecmascript;
    gzip_types application/javascript;
    gzip_types application/json;
    gzip_types application/pdf;
    gzip_types application/postscript;
    gzip_types application/x-javascript;
    gzip_types image/svg+xml;
    gzip_types image/bmp;
    gzip_types text/css;
    gzip_types text/csv;
    gzip_types text/javascript;
    gzip_types text/plain;
    gzip_types text/xml;

    open_file_cache     max=10000  inactive=10m;
    open_file_cache_valid   2m;
    open_file_cache_min_uses 1;
    open_file_cache_errors   on;

    fastcgi_buffers 128 32k;
    fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;

    fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $http_host;
    fastcgi_ignore_headers  Cache-Control Expires Set-Cookie;

# [...]

}


## server {} block port 80:

server {

    listen   80 reuseport default_server backlog=65535 fastopen=5 deferred; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied
    listen   [::]:80 reuseport default_server backlog=65535 fastopen=5 deferred; ## listen for ipv6

    server_name www.example.com example.com;

    # https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/howto-easy-cert-generation-and-renewal-with-nginx/3491
    location '/.well-known/acme-challenge' {
    default_type "text/plain";
    root        /tmp/letsencrypt-auto;
    }

    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000;";

    location / {
    return 301 https://www.example.com$request_uri;
    }

}


## server {} block port 443 SSL:

server {

    listen  443 reuseport default_server ssl http2 backlog=65535 fastopen=5 deferred;
    listen  [::]:443 reuseport default_server ssl http2 backlog=65535 fastopen=5 deferred;

    server_name www.example.com example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.example.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.example.com/privkey.pem;

    ssl_stapling               on;
    ssl_stapling_verify        on;
    ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.example.com/chain.pem;

    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000;";
    add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
    add_header X-Xss-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
    add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src https: data: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'" always;

    access_log   /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
    error_log    /var/log/nginx/example.error.log crit;

    root /home/example/www;
    index index.php index.htm index.html;

    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";

    # Use cached or actual file if they exists, Otherwise pass request to WordPress
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ ^/wp-content/cache/minify/(.+\.(css|js))$ {
        try_files $uri /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/pub/minify.php?file=$1;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/example-php.sock;
    }

    # Limit access to avoid brute force attack
    location = /wp-login.php {
        limit_req zone=one burst=1 nodelay;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/example-php.sock;
    }

    # Disallow php in upload folder
    location /wp-content/uploads/ {
        location ~ \.php$ {
            #Prevent Direct Access Of PHP Files From Web Browsers
            deny all;
        }
    }

    # Yoast sitemap
    location ~ ([^/]*)sitemap(.*)\.x(m|s)l$ {
        rewrite ^/sitemap\.xml$ /sitemap_index.xml permanent;
        rewrite ^/([a-z]+)?-?sitemap\.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 last;
        rewrite ^/sitemap_index\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last;
        rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
    
    # Following lines are options. Needed for WordPress seo addons
        rewrite ^/news_sitemap\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=wpseo_news last;
        rewrite ^/locations\.kml$ /index.php?sitemap=wpseo_local_kml last;
        rewrite ^/geo_sitemap\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=wpseo_local last;
        rewrite ^/video-sitemap\.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=video last;

    # Basic locations files
        location = /favicon.ico {
            access_log off;
            log_not_found off;
            expires max;
        }

        location = /robots.txt {
            access_log off;
            log_not_found off;
        }

    # Cache static files
        location ~* \.  (ogg|ogv|svg|svgz|eot|otf|woff|mp4|ttf|css|rss|atom|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|doc|xls|exe|ppt|tar|mid|midi|wav|bmp|rtf|swf|webp)$ {
            access_log off;
            log_not_found off;
            expires max;
            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
            add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
            }

    # Deny hidden files
        location ~ /\. {
            deny  all;
            access_log off;
            log_not_found off;
        }

    # Deny backup extensions & log files
        location ~* ^.+\.(bak|log|old|orig|original|php#|php~|php_bak|save|swo|swp)$ {
            deny  all;
            access_log off;
            log_not_found off;
        }

}


### To compile Nginx:

export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH \
DEB_CFLAGS_SET="-O3 -march=native -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security" \
DEB_CXXFLAGS_SET="-O3 -march=native -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security" \
DEB_FFLAGS_SET="-O3" \
DEB_LDFLAGS_SET="-Wl,-z,relro"
export DEB_CFLAGS_SET DEB_CXXFLAGS_SET DEB_FFLAGS_SET DEB_LDFLAGS_SET

cd /usr/local/src/nginx-1.9.9
make clean

./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx19 --user=www-data --group=www-data --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module --with-openssl=/usr/local/src/openssl-1.0.2e --with-openssl-opt="enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 threads" --with-md5=/usr/local/src/openssl-1.0.2e --with-md5-asm --with-sha1=/usr/local/src/openssl-1.0.2e --with-sha1-asm --with-pcre-jit --with-file-aio --with-http_flv_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-threads --with-ipv6 --with-cc-opt="-DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -O3 -march=native"

sudo nice make install


### OpenSSL patch for PolyChaCha cipher (apply to OpenSSL source code):

wget "https://github.com/as-com/sslconfig/raw/master/patches/openssl__chacha20_poly1305_cf.patch"
patch -p1 < openssl__chacha20_poly1305_cf.patch


### CHECKS:

SSL check: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
Headers check: https://securityheaders.io

Using Wordpress? DO NOT FORGET: IMPLEMENT FASTCGI-CACHING.
https://easyengine.io/wordpress-nginx/tutorials/single-site/fastcgi-cache-with-purging/
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-setup-fastcgi-caching-with-nginx-on-your-vps