A+ SSL Test Nginx configuration

a_plus_ssl_conf_nginx.md

Generate your own key for DHE ciphers (ssl_dhparam)

$ sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048

Trusted certificate (ssl_trusted_certificate)

Point to a trusted certificate chain file. This must contain the intermediate & root certificates (in that order from top to bottom). See exemple_full_chain.pem

Get the root and intermediate certificates from where you buyed the certificates. For me it was: https://www.alphassl.com/support/install-root-certificate.html

For Let’s Encrypt just use the fullchain.pem file in /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourwebsite/fullchain.pem

exemple_full_chain.pem

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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nginx.conf

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

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;

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

        ##
        # SSL Settings
        ##

        ssl_session_timeout 1d;
        ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
        ssl_session_tickets off;

        ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/dhparam.pem;

        ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
        ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS';
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

        add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=15768000;

        resolver 8.8.8.8;

        ##
        # Logging Settings
        ##

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

        ##
        # Gzip Settings
        ##

        gzip on;
        gzip_disable "msie6";

        ##
        # Virtual Host Configs
        ##

        include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
        include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}

site_conf

server {
        listen 443 ssl http2;
        listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
        server_name yoursite.com www.yoursite.com;

        ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/yoursite.com.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/private_key_yoursite.com.pem;
        
        ssl_stapling on;
        ssl_stapling_verify on;
        ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/ssl/full_chain.pem;
        
        ...
}