faster nginx

nginx.conf

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
 
 events {
     worker_connections 1024;
+    use epoll;
+    multi_accept on;
 }
 
 http {
@@ -10,10 +12,31 @@ http {
     default_type application/octet-stream;
 
     access_log /tmp/access.log;
-    error_log /tmp/error.log;
+    error_log /tmp/error.log warn;
 
     sendfile on;
+    tcp_nopush on;
+    tcp_nodelay on;
     keepalive_timeout 65;
+    types_hash_max_size 2048;
+    server_tokens off;
+
+    # Gzip Settings
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
+
+    # Security headers
+    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
+    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
+    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
+    add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer-when-downgrade" always;
+    add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self' http: https: data: blob: 'unsafe-inline'" always;
+
+    # Rate limiting zone
+    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=one:10m rate=1r/s;
 
     server {
         listen 8080;
@@ -22,8 +45,19 @@ http {
         root /usr/share/nginx/html;
         index index.html;
 
+        # Caching static assets
+        location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
+            expires 30d;
+            add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
+        }
+
         location / {
             try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
         }
+
+        # Disallow access to .htaccess files
+        location ~ /\.ht {
+            deny all;
+        }
     }
 }