I actually run sudo nginx -T but I only pasted the first 2 lines. Again I am just a curious guy and I am fairly ignorant in terms of security. I don't know if I should paste the configuration of all websites running on this server. I am not aware of what people can do by making this information public, that's why I am exercising caution when posting stuff here 
if you say there absolutely no risk in doing this, I can post all the output I got.
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Thanks for the openness! It is a warm change.
We don't need EVERYTHING. We just want to be sure that all of the applicable configuration is presented for spiretrading.com and www.spiretrading.com before trying to optimize. You would be shocked at the kind of spaghetti we get around here.
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Fair enough
Here:
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
# configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;
events {
worker_connections 768;
# multi_accept on;
}
http {
##
# Basic Settings
##
sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
# server_tokens off;
server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
# server_name_in_redirect off;
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
##
# SSL Settings
##
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
##
# Logging Settings
##
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
##
# Gzip Settings
##
gzip on;
# 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 /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}
#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;
# }
#}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-image-filter.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_image_filter_module.so;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-xslt-filter.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_xslt_filter_module.so;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-mail.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_mail_module.so;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-stream.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_stream_module.so;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/mime.types:
types {
text/html html htm shtml;
text/css css;
text/xml xml;
image/gif gif;
image/jpeg jpeg jpg;
application/javascript js;
application/atom+xml atom;
application/rss+xml rss;
text/mathml mml;
text/plain txt;
text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad;
text/vnd.wap.wml wml;
text/x-component htc;
image/png png;
image/tiff tif tiff;
image/vnd.wap.wbmp wbmp;
image/x-icon ico;
image/x-jng jng;
image/x-ms-bmp bmp;
image/svg+xml svg svgz;
image/webp webp;
application/font-woff woff;
application/java-archive jar war ear;
application/json json;
application/mac-binhex40 hqx;
application/msword doc;
application/pdf pdf;
application/postscript ps eps ai;
application/rtf rtf;
application/vnd.apple.mpegurl m3u8;
application/vnd.ms-excel xls;
application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot;
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint ppt;
application/vnd.wap.wmlc wmlc;
application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml kml;
application/vnd.google-earth.kmz kmz;
application/x-7z-compressed 7z;
application/x-cocoa cco;
application/x-java-archive-diff jardiff;
application/x-java-jnlp-file jnlp;
application/x-makeself run;
application/x-perl pl pm;
application/x-pilot prc pdb;
application/x-rar-compressed rar;
application/x-redhat-package-manager rpm;
application/x-sea sea;
application/x-shockwave-flash swf;
application/x-stuffit sit;
application/x-tcl tcl tk;
application/x-x509-ca-cert der pem crt;
application/x-xpinstall xpi;
application/xhtml+xml xhtml;
application/xspf+xml xspf;
application/zip zip;
application/octet-stream bin exe dll;
application/octet-stream deb;
application/octet-stream dmg;
application/octet-stream iso img;
application/octet-stream msi msp msm;
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document docx;
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet xlsx;
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation pptx;
audio/midi mid midi kar;
audio/mpeg mp3;
audio/ogg ogg;
audio/x-m4a m4a;
audio/x-realaudio ra;
video/3gpp 3gpp 3gp;
video/mp2t ts;
video/mp4 mp4;
video/mpeg mpeg mpg;
video/quicktime mov;
video/webm webm;
video/x-flv flv;
video/x-m4v m4v;
video/x-mng mng;
video/x-ms-asf asx asf;
video/x-ms-wmv wmv;
video/x-msvideo avi;
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/conf.d/blog.spiretrading.com.conf:
# Redirect HTTP -> HTTPS
server {
if ($host = blog.spiretrading.com) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name blog.spiretrading.com;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name blog.spiretrading.com;
root /var/www/blog.spiretrading.com;
index index.php;
# SSL parameters
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.spiretrading.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.spiretrading.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.spiretrading.com/chain.pem;
include snippets/ssl.conf;
include snippets/letsencrypt.conf;
# log files
access_log /var/log/nginx/blog.spiretrading.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/blog.spiretrading.com.error.log;
# Allowing iframe render
#add_header X-Frame-Options sameorigin always;
add_header X-Frame-Options "sameorigin" always;
location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location = /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/snippets/ssl.conf:
ssl_session_timeout 1d;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers EECDH+AESGCM:EECDH+AES;
ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000; includeSubdomains; preload";
#add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/snippets/letsencrypt.conf:
location ^~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
default_type "text/plain";
root /var/www/letsencrypt;
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/snippets/fastcgi-php.conf:
# regex to split $uri to $fastcgi_script_name and $fastcgi_path
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
# Check that the PHP script exists before passing it
try_files $fastcgi_script_name =404;
# Bypass the fact that try_files resets $fastcgi_path_info
# see: http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/321
set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi.conf;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf:
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_SCHEME $scheme;
fastcgi_param HTTPS $https if_not_empty;
fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx/$nginx_version;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
# PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/conf.d/spiretrading.com.conf:
# Redirect HTTP -> HTTPS
server {
if ($host = spiretrading.com) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
if ($host = www.spiretrading.com) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80;
server_name www.spiretrading.com spiretrading.com;
include snippets/letsencrypt.conf;
return 301 https://spiretrading.com$request_uri;
}
# Redirect WWW -> NON WWW
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name www.spiretrading.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.spiretrading.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.spiretrading.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.spiretrading.com/chain.pem;
include snippets/ssl.conf;
return 301 https://spiretrading.com$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name spiretrading.com;
root /var/www/spiretrading.com;
index index.php;
# SSL parameters
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.spiretrading.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.spiretrading.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
#ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/spiretrading.com/chain.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.spiretrading.com/chain.pem;
include snippets/ssl.conf;
include snippets/letsencrypt.conf;
# log files
access_log /var/log/nginx/spiretrading.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/spiretrading.com.error.log;
# Allowing iframe render
#add_header X-Frame-Options sameorigin always;
add_header X-Frame-Options "sameorigin" always;
location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location = /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/conf.d/wiki.spiretrading.com.conf:
server {
if ($host = wiki.spiretrading.com) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name wiki.spiretrading.com;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
server_name wiki.spiretrading.com;
root /var/www/wiki.spiretrading.com;
index index.html index.php;
autoindex off;
client_max_body_size 5m;
client_body_timeout 60;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
}
location @rewrite {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?title=$1&$args;
}
location ^~ /maintenance/ {
return 403;
}
# PHP Configuration
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
try_files $uri /index.php;
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
location = /_.gif {
expires max;
empty_gif;
}
location ^~ ^/(cache|includes|maintenance|languages|serialized|tests|images/deleted)/ {
deny all;
}
location ^~ ^/(bin|docs|extensions|includes|maintenance|mw-config|resources|serialized|tests)/ {
internal;
}
# Security for 'image' directory
location ~* ^/images/.*.(html|htm|shtml|php)$ {
types { }
default_type text/plain;
}
# Security for 'image' directory
location ^~ /images/ {
try_files $uri /index.php;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.spiretrading.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.spiretrading.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params:
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_SCHEME $scheme;
fastcgi_param HTTPS $https if_not_empty;
fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx/$nginx_version;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
# PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;
# configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf:
# This file contains important security parameters. If you modify this file
# manually, Certbot will be unable to automatically provide future security
# updates. Instead, Certbot will print and log an error message with a path to
# the up-to-date file that you will need to refer to when manually updating
# this file.
ssl_session_cache shared:le_nginx_SSL:10m;
ssl_session_timeout 1440m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA";
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/builds:
server {
if ($host = builds.spiretrading.com) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name builds.spiretrading.com;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
server_name builds.spiretrading.com;
root /var/www/builds/;
location /{
root /var/www/builds/;
index index.html;
autoindex on;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/builds.spiretrading.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/builds.spiretrading.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
We have 4 sites running on this server: our own, blog.spiretrading.com, wiki.spiretrading.com and builds.spiretrading.com. I am more than happy to improve any settings here, If you spot anything to fix. As of currently, everything is working flawlessly.
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Two things that could be, let's say, "improved upon".
#1 TLSv1.0 and 1.1 are no longer considered reliably secure and should be removed when not needed:
#2: (and I do realize this came with the default installation) including "*" files can lead to unintentional confusion. It is better to use "*.conf" as the line above it is doing.
Note: Before modifying this line you should review the files located in that folder and rename them as needed.
Like configuration file
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/builds
should be named
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/builds.conf
Otherwise it all looks good to me 
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Thanks @rg305! I'll investigate if it's safe to remove the TLS and I already changed the wildcard to *.conf. I appreciate the tips
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