# This file is included strictly as an example of how Nginx can be configured # to work with CryptPad. This example WILL NOT WORK AS IS. For best results, # compare the sections of this configuration file against a working CryptPad # installation (http server by the Nodejs process). If you are using CryptPad # in production and require professional support please contact sales@cryptpad.fr server { listen 80; # Set trusted proxy and header containing real client IP set_real_ip_from 10.0.0.0/8; real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For; # CryptPad serves static assets over these two domains. # `main_domain` is what users will enter in their address bar. # Privileged computation such as key management is handled in this scope # UI content is loaded via the `sandbox_domain`. # "Content Security Policy" headers prevent content loaded via the sandbox # from accessing privileged information. # These variables must be different to take advantage of CryptPad's sandboxing techniques. # In the event of an XSS vulnerability in CryptPad's front-end code # this will limit the amount of information accessible to attackers. set $main_domain "pad.ixvd.net"; set $sandbox_domain "pad.sandbox.neo.ixvd.net"; # By default CryptPad allows remote domains to embed CryptPad documents in iframes. # This behaviour can be blocked by changing $allowed_origins from "*" to the # sandbox domain, which must be permitted to load content from the main domain # in order for CryptPad to work as expected. # # An example is given below which can be uncommented if you want to block # remote sites from including content from your server # set $allowed_origins "*"; set $allowed_origins "https://${sandbox_domain}"; # CryptPad's dynamic content (websocket traffic and encrypted blobs) # can be served over separate domains. Using dedicated domains (or subdomains) # for these purposes allows you to move them to a separate machine at a later date # if you find that a single machine cannot handle all of your users. # If you don't use dedicated domains, this can be the same as $main_domain # If you do, they can be added as exceptions to any rules which block connections to remote domains. # You can find these variables referenced below in the relevant places set $api_domain "${main_domain}"; set $files_domain "${main_domain}"; # nginx doesn't let you set server_name via variables, so you need to hardcore your domains here server_name pad.ixvd.net pad.sandbox.neo.ixvd.net; # You'll need to Set the path to your certificates and keys here # IMPORTANT: this config is intended to serve assets for at least two domains # (your main domain and your sandbox domain). As such, you'll need to generate a single SSL certificate # that includes both domains in order for things to work as expected. #ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/lets-encrypt/pad.ixvd.net/cert; #ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/lets-encrypt/pad.ixvd.net/key; # diffie-hellman parameters are used to negotiate keys for your session # generate strong parameters using the following command #ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/dhparam.pem; # openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/dhparam.pem 4096 # Speeds things up a little bit when resuming a session #ssl_session_timeout 1d; #ssl_session_cache shared:MozSSL:10m; #ssl_session_tickets off; #ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; #ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; #ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off; # HSTS (ngx_http_headers_module is required) (63072000 seconds) add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains" always; # OCSP stapling #ssl_stapling on; #ssl_stapling_verify on; # verify chain of trust of OCSP response using Root CA and Intermediate certs #ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt; # replace with the IP address of your resolver resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 9.9.9.9 149.112.112.112 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220; add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"; add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "${allowed_origins}"; # add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"; # Opt out of Google's FLoC Network add_header Permissions-Policy interest-cohort=(); # Enable SharedArrayBuffer in Firefox (for .xlsx export) add_header Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy cross-origin; add_header Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy require-corp; # Insert the path to your CryptPad repository root here root /cryptpad; index index.html; error_page 404 /customize.dist/404.html; # any static assets loaded with "ver=" in their URL will be cached for a year if ($args ~ ver=) { set $cacheControl max-age=31536000; } # This rule overrides the above caching directive and makes things somewhat less efficient. # We had inverted them as an optimization, but Safari 16 introduced a bug that interpreted # some important headers incorrectly when loading these files from cache. # This is why we can't have nice things :( if ($uri ~ ^(\/|.*\/|.*\.html)$) { set $cacheControl no-cache; } # Will not set any header if it is emptystring add_header Cache-Control $cacheControl; # CSS can be dynamically set inline, loaded from the same domain, or from $main_domain set $styleSrc "'unsafe-inline' 'self' https://${main_domain}"; # connect-src restricts URLs which can be loaded using script interfaces # if you have configured your instance to use a dedicated $files_domain or $api_domain # you will need to add them below as: https://${files_domain} and https://${api_domain} set $connectSrc "'self' https://${main_domain} blob: wss://${api_domain} https://${sandbox_domain}"; # fonts can be loaded from data-URLs or the main domain set $fontSrc "'self' data: https://${main_domain}"; # images can be loaded from anywhere, though we'd like to deprecate this as it allows the use of images for tracking set $imgSrc "'self' data: blob: https://${main_domain}"; # frame-src specifies valid sources for nested browsing contexts. # this prevents loading any iframes from anywhere other than the sandbox domain set $frameSrc "'self' https://${sandbox_domain} blob:"; # specifies valid sources for loading media using video or audio set $mediaSrc "blob:"; # defines valid sources for webworkers and nested browser contexts # deprecated in favour of worker-src and frame-src set $childSrc "https://${main_domain}"; # specifies valid sources for Worker, SharedWorker, or ServiceWorker scripts. # supercedes child-src but is unfortunately not yet universally supported. set $workerSrc "'self'"; # script-src specifies valid sources for javascript, including inline handlers set $scriptSrc "'self' resource: https://${main_domain}"; # frame-ancestors specifies which origins can embed your CryptPad instance # this must include 'self' and your main domain (over HTTPS) in order for CryptPad to work # if you have enabled remote embedding via the admin panel then this must be more permissive. # note: cryptpad.fr permits web pages served via https: and vector: (element desktop app) set $frameAncestors "'self' https://${main_domain}"; # set $frameAncestors "'self' https: vector:"; set $unsafe 0; # the following assets are loaded via the sandbox domain # they unfortunately still require exceptions to the sandboxing to work correctly. if ($uri ~ ^\/(sheet|doc|presentation)\/inner.html.*$) { set $unsafe 1; } if ($uri ~ ^\/common\/onlyoffice\/.*\/.*\.html.*$) { set $unsafe 1; } # everything except the sandbox domain is a privileged scope, as they might be used to handle keys if ($host != $sandbox_domain) { set $unsafe 0; } # this iframe is an exception. Office file formats are converted outside of the sandboxed scope # because of bugs in Chromium-based browsers that incorrectly ignore headers that are supposed to enable # the use of some modern APIs that we require when javascript is run in a cross-origin context. # We've applied other sandboxing techniques to mitigate the risk of running WebAssembly in this privileged scope if ($uri ~ ^\/unsafeiframe\/inner\.html.*$) { set $unsafe 1; } # privileged contexts allow a few more rights than unprivileged contexts, though limits are still applied if ($unsafe) { set $scriptSrc "'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' resource: https://${main_domain}"; } # Finally, set all the rules you composed above. add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'none'; child-src $childSrc; worker-src $workerSrc; media-src $mediaSrc; style-src $styleSrc; script-src $scriptSrc; connect-src $connectSrc; font-src $fontSrc; img-src $imgSrc; frame-src $frameSrc; frame-ancestors $frameAncestors"; # The nodejs process can handle all traffic whether accessed over websocket or as static assets # We prefer to serve static content from nginx directly and to leave the API server to handle # the dynamic content that only it can manage. This is primarily an optimization location ^~ /cryptpad_websocket { proxy_pass http://localhost:3000; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; # WebSocket support (nginx 1.4) proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection upgrade; } location ^~ /customize.dist/ { # This is needed in order to prevent infinite recursion between /customize/ and the root } # try to load customizeable content via /customize/ and fall back to the default content # located at /customize.dist/ # This is what allows you to override behaviour. location ^~ /customize/ { rewrite ^/customize/(.*)$ $1 break; try_files /customize/$uri /customize.dist/$uri; } # /api/config is loaded once per page load and is used to retrieve # the caching variable which is applied to every other resource # which is loaded during that session. location ~ ^/api/.*$ { proxy_pass http://localhost:3000; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; # These settings prevent both NGINX and the API server # from setting the same headers and creating duplicates proxy_hide_header Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy; add_header Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy cross-origin; proxy_hide_header Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy; add_header Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy require-corp; } # encrypted blobs are immutable and are thus cached for a year location ^~ /blob/ { if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') { add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' "${allowed_origins}"; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS'; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Content-Range,Range'; add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000; add_header 'Content-Type' 'application/octet-stream; charset=utf-8'; add_header 'Content-Length' 0; return 204; } add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; add_header Cache-Control max-age=31536000; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' "${allowed_origins}"; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS'; add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Content-Range,Range,Content-Length'; add_header 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers' 'DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Content-Range,Range,Content-Length'; try_files $uri =404; } # the "block-store" serves encrypted payloads containing users' drive keys # these payloads are unlocked via login credentials. They are mutable # and are thus never cached. They're small enough that it doesn't matter, in any case. location ^~ /block/ { add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; add_header Cache-Control max-age=0; try_files $uri =404; } # This block provides an alternative means of loading content # otherwise only served via websocket. This is solely for debugging purposes, # and is thus not allowed by default. #location ^~ /datastore/ { #add_header Cache-Control max-age=0; #try_files $uri =404; #} # The nodejs server has some built-in forwarding rules to prevent # URLs like /pad from resulting in a 404. This simply adds a trailing slash # to a variety of applications. location ~ ^/(register|login|settings|user|pad|drive|poll|slide|code|whiteboard|file|media|profile|contacts|todo|filepicker|debug|kanban|sheet|support|admin|notifications|teams|calendar|presentation|doc|form|report|convert|checkup)$ { rewrite ^(.*)$ $1/ redirect; } # Finally, serve anything the above exceptions don't govern. try_files /customize/www/$uri /customize/www/$uri/index.html /www/$uri /www/$uri/index.html /customize/$uri; }