h5bp/server-configs-nginx resource

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A collection of Nginx configuration files and snippets from the HTML5 Boilerplate project that improve website performance and security. It provides ready-made server definitions, location blocks, and mixin-style includes for caching headers, MIME types, cross-domain fonts, and system file protection.

Use cases

• harden nginx configuration with security best practices
• set up correct caching and expires headers in nginx
• serve files with correct content-type and cross-domain access
• bootstrap a production nginx config for a website
• protect system files from web access in nginx
• get a secure https server template for nginx

When to choose

• you run Nginx and want battle-tested, community-maintained config defaults
• you want to quickly apply performance and security headers without writing configs from scratch
• you want modular snippets you can include selectively

When to avoid

• you use Apache, Caddy, or another web server
• you need a fully managed or dynamically configured reverse proxy rather than static config files
• your environment requires highly customized configs that conflict with the boilerplate assumptions

Facets

infra-config · maturity active

http-server security caching middleware web-development self-hosted security self-hosted nginx boilerplate-configs h5bp performance best-practices server-hardening devops linux web-server

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