awesome-nginx-security
A curated list of awesome links related to application/API security in NGINX environment.
Articles
- Building a Security Shield for Your Applications with NGINX
- Pitfalls and Common Security Mistakes in NGINX configuration
- Let's Encrypt & Nginx
- Installing the Nginx Plus with mod_security WAF
- CloudFlare's new WAF: compiling to Lua (based on Nginx)
- Tips to harden your nginx configuration
- How To Protect an Nginx Server with Fail2Ban on Ubuntu 14.04
- Important steps to take to make an Nginx server more secure
- Building Security into Cloud Native Apps with NGINX
Talks
- Let's Encrypt TLS for Every (video)
- Behavior Based Security with Repsheet: Aaron Bedra @nginxconf 2014 (video)
- Making applications secure with NGINX (video)
- Scripting NGINX for Overload Protection (video)
- Naxsi, a WAF for NGINX (video)
Configuration
- gixy - a tool to analyze Nginx configuration to prevent security misconfiguration
- nginxconfig.io - GitHub - Online nginx configuration generator for general purposes.
WAF for NGINX. Protect APIs, websites, web applicatons
- mod_security - mod_security for NGINX
- naxsi - NAXSI is an open-source, high performance, low rules maintenance WAF for NGINX.
- NGINX 3rd Party Modules - a list of third-party modules (including security-related) for NGINX and NGINX Plus, created and maintained by members of the NGINX community
- wallarm - NG-WAF for NGINX and NGINX Plus with the security rules adjusted with AI
WAF for Kubernetes. Protect Cloud Native Apps
- WAF for Kubernetes - WAF for Kubernetes. As NGINX Ingress Controller or a sidecar container
Bot mitigation / Anti-scrapping / Account take-over prevention
- testcookie-nginx-module - Simple robot mitigation module using cookie based challenge/response technique
NGINX forks
- SEnginx - Security-Enhanced nginx
- lua-resty-waf - High-performance WAF built on the OpenResty stack
Other
- Secure nginx config. GIST - nginx configuration for improved security and performance