Nginx config for server client and /api with cloudflare

create-keys.sh

cd ~
mkdir sslcertificates
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout privatekey.pem -out certificate.pem -days 365 -nodes -subj '/CN=localhost'

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.9'

name: 'global-nginx'

services:
  nginx:
    restart: unless-stopped
    image: nginx:latest
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
      - ./sslcertificates/certificate.pem:/etc/nginx/ssl/selfsigned.crt
      - ./sslcertificates/privatekey.pem:/etc/nginx/ssl/selfsigned.key
      - ./global-nginx:/var/log/nginx/
    logging:
      driver: json-file
      options:
        max-size: "10m"
        max-file: "3"

nginx.conf

events{}

http {
  include /etc/nginx/mime.types;

  # Define the rate limit zone
  limit_req_zone $http_cf_connecting_ip zone=one:10m rate=20r/s;

  limit_conn_status 429;
  limit_req_status 429;

  server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name site.dev;

    # Define access and error logs
    access_log /var/log/nginx/recall.jpbm.dev.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/recall.jpbm.dev.error.log;

    gzip on;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_static on;
    gzip_min_length 256;
    gzip_types
        application/atom+xml
        application/geo+json
        application/javascript
        application/x-javascript
        application/json
        application/ld+json
        application/manifest+json
        application/rdf+xml
        application/rss+xml
        application/xhtml+xml
        application/xml
        font/eot
        font/otf
        font/ttf
        image/svg+xml
        text/css
        text/javascript
        text/plain
        text/xml;
    gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";

    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/selfsigned.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/selfsigned.key;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # Adjust as needed for compatibility
    ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256'; # Example cipher suite, adjust based on requirements

    location / {
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:80;
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $http_cf_connecting_ip;

      # Apply the rate limiting
      limit_req zone=one burst=20 nodelay;
    }

    location /api {
      rewrite ^/api/(.*)$ /$1 break;
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $http_cf_connecting_ip;

      # Apply the rate limiting
      limit_req zone=one burst=20 nodelay;
    }
  }
}