nginx.conf optmized for http/2 = HTTPS TLS (ssl)

nginx.conf

# command to generate dhparams.pen
# openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/conf.d/dhparams.pem 2048

limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=conn_limit_per_ip:10m;
limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=req_limit_per_ip:10m rate=5r/s;
limit_req_status 444;
limit_conn_status 503;

proxy_cache_path /var/lib/nginx/proxy levels=1:2 keys_zone=backcache:8m max_size=50m;
proxy_cache_key "$scheme$request_method$host$request_uri$is_args$args";
proxy_cache_valid 404 1m;

upstream app_server {
  server unix:/tmp/unicorn.myserver.sock fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name *.example.com;
  limit_conn conn_limit_per_ip 10;
  limit_req zone=req_limit_per_ip burst=10 nodelay;
  return 301 https://$host$request_uri$is_args$args;
}

server {
  listen 443;
  # listen 443 http2; if you're using latest nginx version 1.9.5+
  server_name _;

  limit_conn conn_limit_per_ip 10;
  limit_req zone=req_limit_per_ip burst=10 nodelay;

  ssl on;

  ssl_stapling on;
  ssl_stapling_verify on;
  ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/nginx/conf.d/ca.pem;

  ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl-unified.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/conf.d/private.key;
  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
  ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA';
  ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/conf.d/dhparams.pem;
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
  ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
  ssl_session_timeout 10m;

  root /home/deployer/apps/example.com/current/public;

  gzip_static on;
  gzip_http_version   1.1;
  gzip_proxied        expired no-cache no-store private auth;
  gzip_disable        "MSIE [1-6]\.";
  gzip_vary           on;

  client_body_buffer_size 8K;
  client_max_body_size 20m;
  client_body_timeout 10s;
  client_header_buffer_size 1k;
  large_client_header_buffers 2 16k;
  client_header_timeout 5s;

  add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains"; 

  keepalive_timeout 40;

  location ~ \.(aspx|php|jsp|cgi)$ {
    return 404;
  }

  location ~* ^/assets/ {
    root /home/deployer/apps/example.com/current/public;
    # Per RFC2616 - 1 year maximum expiry
    # http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html
    expires 1y;
    add_header Cache-Control public;
    access_log  off;
    log_not_found off;

    # Some browsers still send conditional-GET requests if there's a
    # Last-Modified header or an ETag header even if they haven't
    # reached the expiry date sent in the Expires header.
    add_header Last-Modified "";
    add_header ETag "";
    break;
  }

  try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @app;

  location @app {
    proxy_set_header X-Url-Scheme $scheme;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

    # enable this if you forward HTTPS traffic to unicorn,
    # this helps Rack set the proper URL scheme for doing redirects:
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For-Forwarded-Proto $https;

    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_pass http://app_server;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
  location = /500.html {
    root /home/deployer/apps/example.com/current/public;
  }
}