server-configs-nginx/nginx.conf

# nginx Configuration File
# http://wiki.nginx.org/Configuration

# Run as a less privileged user for security reasons.
user www www;

# How many worker threads to run;
# "auto" sets it to the number of CPU cores available in the system, and
# offers the best performance. Don't set it higher than the number of CPU
# cores if changing this parameter.

# The maximum number of connections for Nginx is calculated by:
# max_clients = worker_processes * worker_connections
worker_processes 2;

# Maximum open file descriptors per process;
# should be > worker_connections.
worker_rlimit_nofile 8192;

events {
  # When you need > 8000 * cpu_cores connections, you start optimizing your OS,
  # and this is probably the point at which you hire people who are smarter than
  # you, as this is *a lot* of requests.
  worker_connections 8000;
}

# Default error log file
# (this is only used when you don't override error_log on a server{} level)
error_log  logs/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

http {

  # Hide nginx version information.
  server_tokens off;

  # Define the MIME types for files.
  include       mime.types;
  default_type  application/octet-stream;

  # Update charset_types due to updated mime.types
  charset_types text/xml text/plain text/vnd.wap.wml application/x-javascript application/rss+xml text/css application/javascript application/json;

  # Format to use in log files
  log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                    '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                    '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

  # Default log file
  # (this is only used when you don't override access_log on a server{} level)
  access_log logs/access.log main;

  # How long to allow each connection to stay idle; longer values are better
  # for each individual client, particularly for SSL, but means that worker
  # connections are tied up longer. (Default: 65)
  keepalive_timeout 20;

  # Speed up file transfers by using sendfile() to copy directly
  # between descriptors rather than using read()/write().
  sendfile        on;

  # Tell Nginx not to send out partial frames; this increases throughput
  # since TCP frames are filled up before being sent out. (adds TCP_CORK)
  tcp_nopush      on;


  # Compression

  # Enable Gzip compressed.
  gzip on;

  # Compression level (1-9).
  # 5 is a perfect compromise between size and cpu usage, offering about
  # 75% reduction for most ascii files (almost identical to level 9).
  gzip_comp_level    5;

  # Don't compress anything that's already small and unlikely to shrink much
  # if at all (the default is 20 bytes, which is bad as that usually leads to
  # larger files after gzipping).
  gzip_min_length    256;

  # Compress data even for clients that are connecting to us via proxies,
  # identified by the "Via" header (required for CloudFront).
  gzip_proxied       any;

  # Tell proxies to cache both the gzipped and regular version of a resource
  # whenever the client's Accept-Encoding capabilities header varies;
  # Avoids the issue where a non-gzip capable client (which is extremely rare
  # today) would display gibberish if their proxy gave them the gzipped version.
  gzip_vary          on;

  # Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types.
  gzip_types
    application/atom+xml
    application/javascript
    application/json
    application/ld+json
    application/manifest+json
    application/rdf+xml
    application/rss+xml
    application/schema+json
    application/vnd.geo+json
    application/vnd.ms-fontobject
    application/x-font-ttf
    application/x-javascript
    application/x-web-app-manifest+json
    application/xhtml+xml
    application/xml
    font/eot
    font/opentype
    image/bmp
    image/svg+xml
    image/vnd.microsoft.icon
    image/x-icon
    text/cache-manifest
    text/css
    text/javascript
    text/plain
    text/vcard
    text/vnd.rim.location.xloc
    text/vtt
    text/x-component
    text/x-cross-domain-policy
    text/xml;
  # text/html is always compressed by HttpGzipModule

  # This should be turned on if you are going to have pre-compressed copies (.gz) of
  # static files available. If not it should be left off as it will cause extra I/O
  # for the check. It is best if you enable this in a location{} block for
  # a specific directory, or on an individual server{} level.
  # gzip_static on;

  # Include files in the sites-enabled folder. server{} configuration files should be
  # placed in the sites-available folder, and then the configuration should be enabled
  # by creating a symlink to it in the sites-available folder.
  # See doc/sites-enabled.md for more info.
  include sites-enabled/*;
}