Nginx Configuration Example

Use the following example to configure Nginx as a your web server.

## Rate limiter for certain pages to prevent brute force attacks
limit_req_zone  $binary_remote_addr  zone=req_limit:10m   rate=1r/s;

## cache zone
proxy_cache_path /etc/nginx/nginx_cache levels=1:2 use_temp_path=off keys_zone=cache_zone:10m inactive=720h max_size=10g;

## Custom log format
log_format log_custom '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
                      '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
                      '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
                      '$request_time $upstream_response_time $pipe';

## Define one or more upstreams (local RhodeCode instance) to connect to
upstream rc {
    # Url to running RhodeCode instance.
    # This is shown as `- URL: <host>` in output from rccontrol status.
    server 127.0.0.1:10002;

    # add more instances for load balancing
    # server 127.0.0.1:10003;
    # server 127.0.0.1:10004;
}

## HTTP to HTTPS rewrite
server {
    listen          80;
    server_name     rhodecode.myserver.com;

    if ($http_host = rhodecode.myserver.com) {
        rewrite  (.*)  https://rhodecode.myserver.com$1 permanent;
    }
}

## Optional gist alias server, for serving nicer GIST urls.
server {
    listen          443;
    server_name     gist.myserver.com;
    access_log      /var/log/nginx/gist.access.log log_custom;
    error_log       /var/log/nginx/gist.error.log;

    ssl on;
    ssl_certificate     gist.rhodecode.myserver.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key gist.rhodecode.myserver.com.key;

    ssl_session_timeout 5m;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    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';

    ## Strict http prevents from https -> http downgrade
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;";

    ## Diffie-Hellman parameter for DHE ciphersuites, recommended 2048 bits
    #ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem;

    rewrite ^/(.+)$ https://rhodecode.myserver.com/_admin/gists/$1;
    rewrite (.*)    https://rhodecode.myserver.com/_admin/gists;
}


## MAIN SSL enabled server
server {
    listen       443 ssl http2;
    server_name  rhodecode.myserver.com;

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

    ssl_certificate     rhodecode.myserver.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key rhodecode.myserver.com.key;

    # enable session resumption to improve https performance
    # http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-ssl-session-reuse-rfc5077.html
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
    ssl_session_timeout 5m;

    ## Diffie-Hellman parameter for DHE ciphersuites, recommended 2048 bits
    #ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem;

    # enables server-side protection from BEAST attacks
    # http://blog.ivanristic.com/2013/09/is-beast-still-a-threat.html
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

    # disable SSLv3(enabled by default since nginx 0.8.19) since it's less secure then TLS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer#SSL_3.0
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;

    # ciphers chosen for forward secrecy and compatibility
    # http://blog.ivanristic.com/2013/08/configuring-apache-nginx-and-openssl-for-forward-secrecy.html
    ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA:AES128-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4";

    client_body_buffer_size     128k;
    # maximum number and size of buffers for large headers to read from client request
    large_client_header_buffers 16 256k;

    ## uncomment to serve static files by Nginx, recommended for performance
    # location /_static/rhodecode {
    #    gzip on;
    #    gzip_min_length  500;
    #    gzip_proxied     any;
    #    gzip_comp_level 4;
    #    gzip_types  text/css text/javascript text/xml text/plain text/x-component application/javascript application/json application/xml application/rss+xml font/truetype font/opentype application/vnd.ms-fontobject image/svg+xml;
    #    gzip_vary on;
    #    gzip_disable     "msie6";
    #    alias /path/to/.rccontrol/community-1/static;
    #    alias /path/to/.rccontrol/enterprise-1/static;
    # }

    ## channelstream location handler, if channelstream live chat and notifications
    ## are enable this will proxy the requests to channelstream websocket server
    location /_channelstream {
        rewrite /_channelstream/(.*) /$1 break;
        gzip                         off;
        tcp_nodelay                  off;

        proxy_connect_timeout        10;
        proxy_send_timeout           10m;
        proxy_read_timeout           10m;

        proxy_set_header             Host $host;
        proxy_set_header             X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header             X-Url-Scheme $scheme;
        proxy_set_header             X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header             X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

        proxy_http_version           1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade     $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection  "upgrade";

        proxy_pass                  http://127.0.0.1:9800;
    }

    ## rate limit this endpoint to prevent login page brute-force attacks
    location /_admin/login {
        limit_req  zone=req_limit  burst=10  nodelay;
        try_files $uri @rhodecode_http;
    }

    ## Special Cache for file store, make sure you enable this intentionally as
    ## it could bypass upload files permissions
    # location /_file_store/download {
    #
    #    proxy_cache cache_zone;
    #    # ignore Set-Cookie
    #    proxy_ignore_headers Set-Cookie;
    #    proxy_ignore_headers Cookie;
    #
    #    proxy_cache_key $host$uri$is_args$args;
    #    proxy_cache_methods GET;
    #
    #    proxy_cache_bypass  $http_cache_control;
    #    proxy_cache_valid 200 302 720h;
    #
    #    proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
    #
    #    # returns cache status in headers
    #    add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status;
    #    add_header Cache-Control "public";
    #
    #    proxy_cache_lock on;
    #    proxy_cache_lock_age 5m;
    #
    #    proxy_pass  http://rc;
    #
    # }

    location / {
        try_files $uri @rhodecode_http;
    }

    location @rhodecode_http {
        # example of proxy.conf can be found in our docs.
        include     /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
        proxy_pass  http://rc;
    }

    ## Custom 502 error page.
    ## Will be displayed while RhodeCode server is turned off
    error_page 502 /502.html;
    location = /502.html {
       #root  /path/to/.rccontrol/community-1/static;
       root  /path/to/.rccontrol/enterprise-1/static;
    }
}