Nginx boilerplate

nginx.conf

# nginx automatically determines # of processes
worker_processes auto;

# each worker can handle this many active connections
events {
	worker_connections 1024;
}

# handle http requests
http {
	# handle .html as web pages, .jpg as images, etc.
	include mime.types;

	# download if not otherwise recognized as a known mime type
	default_type application/octet-stream;

	# enable sendfile syscall, for more efficient file serving
	sendfile on;

	# default timeout 65 seconds
	keepalive_timeout 65;

	server {
		listen 443 ssl;
		ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/mydomainname.com.crt;
		ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/mydomainname.com.key;

		root /var/www/html;
		index index.html index.htm;

		# specify name this server block will respond to
		server_name mydomainname.com;

		location / {
			try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
		}
	}

	server {
		listen 80;

		server_name mydomainname.com

		# redirect all http reqs to https
		return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
	}
}