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nginx-hardening (Chef cookbook)
Description
This cookbook provides a secure overlay for nginx configuration.
Requirements
- Chef 12+
Platform
- Debian 7, 8
- Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04
- CentOS 6, 7
- OracleLinux 6.6, 6.7, 7.1
Attributes
['nginx']['client_body_buffer_size']
-1k
Sets buffer size for reading client request body. In case the request body is larger than the buffer, the whole body or only its part is written to a temporary file.['nginx']['default_site_enabled']
-false
to disable the default site. Set toon
to enable the default site in nginx.['nginx']['client_max_body_size']
-1k
to set the maximum allowed size of the client request body, specified in the "Content-Length" request header field. If the size in a request exceeds the configured value, the 413 (Request Entity Too Large) error is returned to the client.['nginx']['keepalive_timeout']
-5 5
The first parameter sets a timeout during which a keep-alive client connection will stay open on the server side. The zero value disables keep-alive client connections. The optional second parameter sets a value in the "Keep-Alive: timeout=time" response header field.['nginx']['server_tokens']
-off
to disable disables emitting nginx version in error messages and in the "Server" response header field. Set toon
to enable the nginx version in error messages and "Server" response header.['nginx-hardening']['source']['http_autoindex_module']
-false
to disable the HTTP Autoindex module. Set totrue
to enable http_autoindex_module.['nginx-hardening']['source']['http_ssi_module']
-false
to disable the HTTP SSI module. Set totrue
to enable http_ssi_module.['nginx-hardening']['options']['ssl_protocols']
-'TLSv1.2'
to specify the SSL protocol which should be used.['nginx-hardening']['options']['ssl_ciphers']
-'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256'
to specify the TLS ciphers which should be used.['nginx-hardening']['options']['ssl_prefer_server_ciphers']
-'on'
Specifies that server ciphers should be preferred over client ciphers when using the TLS protocols. Set tofalse
to disable it.['nginx-hardening']['dh-size']
-2048
Specifies the length of DH parameters for EDH ciphers.
You can also use the complete attributes from the nginx cookbook
Usage
Add the recipes to the run_list:
"recipe[apt]"
"recipe[nginx-hardening::upgrades]"
"recipe[nginx]"
"recipe[nginx-hardening]"
Configure attributes:
"nginx-hardening" : {
"dh-size" : "4096"
}
Local Testing
For local testing you can use vagrant or docker to run tests locally. You will have to install VirtualBox and Vagrant or docker on your system. See Vagrant Downloads for a vagrant or Docker Downloads package suitable for your system. For all our tests we use test-kitchen
. If you are not familiar with test-kitchen
please have a look at their guide.
# Install dependencies
gem install bundler
bundle install
# Do lint checks
bundle exec rake lint
# fast test on one machine
bundle exec kitchen test default-ubuntu-1404
# test on all machines
bundle exec kitchen test
# for development
bundle exec kitchen create default-ubuntu-1404
bundle exec kitchen converge default-ubuntu-1404
bundle exec kitchen verify default-ubuntu-1404
Contributors + Kudos
- Dominik Richter arlimus
- Christoph Hartmann chris-rock
- Patrick Muench atomic111
- Edmund Haselwanter ehaselwanter
Contributing
License and Author
- Author:: Dominik Richter dominik.richter@googlemail.com
- Author:: Deutsche Telekom AG
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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