Template for creating new nginx vhost.

1-nginx-vhost-template.conf

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name your-domain.com www.your-domain.com;
    index index.html index.htm index.php;

    # Let's Encrypt Certificate
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/privkey.pem;
    ssl_session_timeout 10m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!3DES:!MD5:!RC4-SHA:!DSS:!PKS;

    # if ($host = www.your-domain.com) {
    #     rewrite ^/(.*)$ $scheme://your-domain.com/$1 permanent;
    # }

    location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/dev/shm/php-cgi.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi.conf;
    }
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-domain.com www.your-domain.com;
    index index.html index.htm index.php;
    
    # For Let's Encrypt Challenges
    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
        root /home/wwwroot/your-domain.com;
        allow all;
    }

    # Redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS
    # rewrite ^/(.*) https://$server_name/$1 permanent;

    location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/dev/shm/php-cgi.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi.conf;
    }
}

2-listen-both-80-and-443.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    index index.html index.htm index.php;
    root /home/wwwroot/your-domain.com;
    server_name your-domain.com;
    access_log off;
    
    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
        root /home/wwwroot/your-domain.com;
        allow all;
    }

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/privkey.pem;
    ssl_session_timeout 10m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:RC4-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!3DES:!MD5:!DSS:!PKS;

    location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/dev/shm/php-cgi.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi.conf;
    }

}

3-cache-controll.conf

location ~ .*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|bmp|swf|flv|ico)$ {
    expires 30d;
    access_log off;
}

location ~ .*\.(js|css)?$ {
    expires 7d;
    access_log off;
}