nginx.conf.example

# Nginx configuration for Check4Fail status page
# Place this in /etc/nginx/sites-available/status.example.com
# Then: ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/status.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
# Reload: nginx -t && systemctl reload nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    
    server_name status.example.com;
    
    # Redirect HTTP to HTTPS (optional, recommended)
    # return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
    
    root /path/to/check4fail/public_html;
    index index.html;
    
    # Security headers
    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
    
    # Prevent caching of HTML status pages (fixes Chrome auto-refresh issues)
    location ~* \.html$ {
        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate" always;
        add_header Pragma "no-cache" always;
        add_header Expires "0" always;
    }
    
    # Cache static assets
    location ~* \.(css|js|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|svg)$ {
        expires 1h;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
    }
    
    # Main location
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
    
    # Deny access to hidden files
    location ~ /\. {
        deny all;
    }
    
    access_log /var/log/nginx/status.example.com.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/status.example.com.error.log;
}

# HTTPS configuration (optional, requires SSL certificate)
# server {
#     listen 443 ssl http2;
#     listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
#     
#     server_name status.example.com;
#     
#     ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/status.example.com/fullchain.pem;
#     ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/status.example.com/privkey.pem;
#     ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
#     ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
#     
#     root /path/to/check4fail/public_html;
#     index index.html;
#     
#     # Same configuration as above
#     location / {
#         try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
#     }
# }