• nginx
• PHP
• PHP-FPM
• Realm of Espionage

• Ubuntu Server

sudo apt install git nginx-light php-fpm

nginx -v

php -m

• ufw Notes
• TODO: QUIC

sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTP'

sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTPS'

sudo ufw status numbered

sudo ufw delete '5'

sudo ufw delete '4'

sudo systemctl enable 'nginx' 'php8.4-fpm'

sudo systemctl stop 'nginx' 'php8.4-fpm'

sudo systemctl start 'nginx'

sudo systemctl start 'php8.4-fpm'

sudo rm '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default'

sudo mv '/etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-echo.conf' '/etc/nginx/modules-available/50-mod-http-echo.conf'

sudo mv '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf' '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf~'

• Run after first website set-up ¹⁾

sudo mv '/etc/php/8.4/fpm/pool.d/www.conf' '/etc/php/8.4/fpm/pool.d/www.conf~'

nano '/etc/nginx/sites-available/default'

nano '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf~'

• php.ini is in both fpm and cli folders

nano '/etc/php/8.4/fpm/pool.d/www.conf~'

nano '/etc/php/8.4/fpm/php-fpm.conf'

nano '/etc/php/8.4/fpm/php.ini'

nano '/etc/php/8.4/cli/php.ini'

• This automatically redirects non-HTTPS site links to HTTPS

sudo -e '/etc/nginx/conf.d/http-redirect.conf'

server {

 listen '80' 'default_server';
 listen '[::]:80' 'default_server';

 return '301' 'https://$host$request_uri';

}

# End

• This prevents unconfigured subdomains from loading assets from other sites ²⁾

sudo -e '/etc/nginx/conf.d/non-existent.conf'

server {

 listen '443' 'ssl' 'default_server';
 http2 'on';
 server_name '_';

 return '404';

}

# End

• Add to individual site configs as an include

sudo -e '/etc/nginx/snippets/headers.conf'

add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains; preload" always;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
add_header X-Frame-Options "sameorigin" always;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
add_header Cache-Control "no-store, no-transform, public" always;
add_header Referrer-Policy "same-origin" always;
add_header Expect-CT "max-age=0" always;
add_header Permissions-Policy "geolocation=(), microphone=(), payment=(), usb=(), vr=(), magnetometer=(), midi=(), camera=(), ambient-light-sensor=(), accelerometer=()" always;

# End

sudo -e '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf' && sudo nginx -t

user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
worker_cpu_affinity auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

events {
 multi_accept 'on';
 worker_connections '1024';
}

#error_log '/var/log/nginx/error.log';

http {

 # Logging
 access_log '/dev/null';

 # Includes
 include '/etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf';
 include '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*.conf';
 include '/etc/nginx/mime.types';
 default_type 'application/octet-stream';

 # Config
 sendfile 'on';
 tcp_nopush 'on';
 tcp_nodelay 'on';
 keepalive_timeout '65';
 types_hash_max_size '4096';

 # gzip
 gzip 'on';
 gzip_vary 'on';
 gzip_proxied 'any';
 gzip_comp_level '9';
 gzip_types '*';
}

# End

• The empty CSP allows all and can be useful for new site bring-ups, and should be placed in site-specific configs underneath the include line(s)

    add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'" always;

    add_header Content-Security-Policy "" always;

• See Let's Encrypt/Certbot for further set-up

sudo -e '/etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl.conf'

ssl_certificate '/etc/letsencrypt/live/realmofespionage.xyz/fullchain.pem';
ssl_trusted_certificate '/etc/letsencrypt/live/realmofespionage.xyz/fullchain.pem';
ssl_certificate_key '/etc/letsencrypt/live/realmofespionage.xyz/privkey.pem';

ssl_session_timeout '10m';
ssl_session_cache 'shared:SSL:10m';
ssl_session_tickets 'off';
ssl_buffer_size '4k';

ssl_protocols 'TLSv1.2' 'TLSv1.3';
ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM';
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers 'on';
ssl_ecdh_curve 'secp384r1';

# End

• https://nginx.org/en/docs/windows.html
• https://gist.github.com/odan/b5f7de8dfbdbf76bef089776c868fea1
• https://certbot.eff.org/instructions?ws=other&os=pip
• https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/using-certbot-in-windows-the-pragmatic-way/173929
• https://www.php.net/manual/en/image.installation.php
• Qualys SSL Test

• Cipherli.st
• Security Headers
• Qualys SSL Test (dev)
• https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/feature_policy/feature_policy.cc?l=138&rcl=ab90b51c5b60de15054a32b0bd18e4839536a1c9
• https://infosec.mozilla.org
• https://gist.github.com/plentz/6737338
• https://scotthelme.co.uk
• https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator
• Qualys SSL Test
• https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Nginx