user nginx; worker_processes auto; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn; pid /var/run/nginx.pid; events { worker_connections 2048; multi_accept on; } http { include /etc/nginx/mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; # `request_id` is generated here when the client did not supply one and is # forwarded to the API, which echoes it back. One id ties the browser's # network tab, this access log and the application log together. log_format json_combined escape=json '{' '"time":"$time_iso8601",' '"request_id":"$http_x_request_id",' '"remote_addr":"$remote_addr",' '"method":"$request_method",' '"uri":"$request_uri",' '"status":$status,' '"bytes":$body_bytes_sent,' '"duration":$request_time,' '"upstream_time":"$upstream_response_time",' '"referer":"$http_referer",' '"user_agent":"$http_user_agent"' '}'; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log json_combined; sendfile on; tcp_nopush on; tcp_nodelay on; keepalive_timeout 65; server_tokens off; client_max_body_size 25m; client_body_timeout 30s; gzip on; gzip_vary on; gzip_min_length 1024; gzip_proxied any; gzip_types application/javascript application/json application/xml image/svg+xml text/css text/plain text/xml; # Defence in depth. The API rate-limits per actor; this is a blunt # per-IP ceiling that protects the app tier from ever seeing a flood. limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api_limit:10m rate=30r/s; limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=web_limit:10m rate=60r/s; limit_req_status 429; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_set_header X-Request-Id $request_id; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf; }