Updated Nginx configuration with Let's Encrypt headers

I’ve added a new security_headers.conf file in /etc/nginx/ to keep all the HTTPS headers in one place: ...

April 3, 2017 263 words

Getting an A+ on Mozilla's HTTP Observatory

After I learned about Mozilla’s tool to test how secure your site is, I ran it on my site https://observatory.mozilla.org/analyze.html?host=brege.org and received an “F”. ...

January 9, 2017 108 words

Nginx rewrite for RSS

Add the following to the main server block in your nginx config: location ~ ^/(?:feed|feeds|rss) { return 301 /post/index.xml; } Now people can go to https://brege.org/rss to find the RSS feed. This rewrite rule could be expanded to match other common feed URI guesses.

October 11, 2016 44 words

Building brege.org

Overview brege.org is deployed with the following services: Namecheap - DNS Registrar Let’s Encrypt - Free SSL certificates Digital Ocean - Droplets for $5 a month brege.org makes use of the following tools: Nginx - Fast reverse proxy Debian Jessie - Operating system running on our DO droplet Hugo - Static site generator ...

October 10, 2016 1020 words