nginx_hardening

devsec.nginx_hardening

Description

This role provides secure nginx configuration. It is intended to be compliant with the DevSec Nginx Baseline.

It works with the following nginx-roles, including, but not limited to:

• geerlingguy.nginx
• nginxinc.nginx
• jdauphant.nginx
• franklinkim.nginx

NOTE: This role does not work with nginx 1.0.15 or older! Please use the latest version from the official nginx repositories!

Requirements

• Ansible >= 2.9

Role Variables

• nginx_client_body_buffer_size
  • Default: 1k
  • Description: 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_remove_default_site
  • Default: true
  • Description: Disables the default site. Set to false to enable the default site in nginx.
• nginx_client_max_body_size
  • Default: 1k
  • Description: Sets 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 41 3 (Request Entity Too Large) error is returned to the client.
• nginx_keepalive_timeout
  • Default: 5 5
  • Description: 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 op tional second parameter sets a value in the “Keep-Alive: timeout=time” response header field.
• nginx_server_tokens
  • Default: off
  • Description: Disables emitting nginx version in error messages and in the "Server" response header field. Set to on to enable the nginx version in error messages and "Server" response head er.
• nginx_client_header_buffer_size
  • Default: 1k
  • Description: Sets buffer size for reading client request header. For most requests, a buffer of 1K bytes is enough.
• nginx_large_client_header_buffers
  • Default: 2 1k
  • Description: Sets the maximum number and size of buffers used for reading large client request header.
• nginx_client_body_timeout
  • Default: 10
  • Description: Defines a timeout for reading client request body.
• nginx_client_header_timeout
  • Default: 10
  • Description: Defines a timeout for reading client request header.
• nginx_send_timeout
  • Default: 10
  • Description: Sets a timeout for transmitting a response to the client.
• nginx_limit_conn_zone
  • Default: $binary_remote_addr zone=default:10m
  • Description: Sets parameters for a shared memory zone that will keep states for various keys.
• nginx_limit_conn
  • Default: default 5
  • Description: Sets the shared memory zone and the maximum allowed number of connections for a given key value.
• nginx_add_header
  • Default: [ "X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN", "X-Content-Type-Options nosniff", "X-XSS-Protection \"1; mode=block\"", Content-Security-Policy \"script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'\" ]
  • Description: Adds the specified field to a response header provided that the response code equals 200, 201, 204, 206, 301, 302, 303, 304, or 307.
• nginx_ssl_protocols
  • Default: TLSv1.2
  • Description: Specifies the SSL protocol which should be used.
• nginx_ssl_ciphers
  • Default: see defaults.yml
  • Description: Specifies the TLS ciphers which should be used.
• nginx_ssl_prefer_server_ciphers
  • Default: on
  • Description: Specifies that server ciphers should be preferred over client ciphers when using the TLS protocols. Set to false to disable it.
• nginx_dh_size
  • Default: 2048
  • Description: Specifies the length of DH parameters for EDH ciphers.
• [nginx_configuration_dir][]
  • default: "/etc/nginx"
  • Description: The main location for all nginx configuration files
• [nginx_configuration_hardening_dir][]
  • default: "/etc/nginx"
  • Description: The location for the nginx hardening configuration file (Could be different e.g. when used in jails)
• [nginx_owner_user][]
  • default: "root"
  • Description: The owner user of the nginx configuration files
• [nginx_owner_group][]
  • default: "root"
  • Description: The owner group of the nginx configuration files

Example Playbook

- hosts: localhost
  collections:
    - devsec.hardening
  roles:
    - nginx_hardening