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+##
+# You should look at the following URL's in order to grasp a solid understanding
+# of Nginx configuration files in order to fully unleash the power of Nginx.
+# https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/
+# https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/config_pitfalls/
+# https://wiki.debian.org/Nginx/DirectoryStructure
+#
+# In most cases, administrators will remove this file from sites-enabled/ and
+# leave it as reference inside of sites-available where it will continue to be
+# updated by the nginx packaging team.
+#
+# This file will automatically load configuration files provided by other
+# applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress. These applications will be made
+# available underneath a path with that package name, such as /drupal8.
+#
+# Please see /usr/share/doc/nginx-doc/examples/ for more detailed examples.
+##
+
+# Default server configuration
+#
+
+limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=one:10m rate=90r/m;
+
+server {
+
+	# SSL configuration
+	#
+	# listen 443 ssl default_server;
+	# listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
+	#
+	# Note: You should disable gzip for SSL traffic.
+	# See: https://bugs.debian.org/773332
+	#
+	# Read up on ssl_ciphers to ensure a secure configuration.
+	# See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
+	#
+	# Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
+	# Don't use them in a production server!
+	#
+	# include snippets/snakeoil.conf;
+
+	root /var/www/html;
+
+	# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
+	index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
+
+	server_name big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz www.big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz;
+
+	location / {
+		proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:3000;
+		proxy_http_version 1.1;
+		proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+   		proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
+    		proxy_set_header Host $host;
+   		proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+		
+		location /threads {
+                	proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:3000;
+			limit_req zone=one burst=90 nodelay;
+		}
+	}
+
+	# pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server
+	#
+	#location ~ \.php$ {
+	#	include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
+	#
+	#	# With php-fpm (or other unix sockets):
+	#	fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
+	#	# With php-cgi (or other tcp sockets):
+	#	fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
+	#}
+
+	# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
+	# concurs with nginx's one
+	#
+	#location ~ /\.ht {
+	#	deny all;
+	#}
+
+    listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
+    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
+    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
+    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
+    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
+}
+
+# Virtual Host configuration for example.com
+#
+# You can move that to a different file under sites-available/ and symlink that
+# to sites-enabled/ to enable it.
+#
+#server {
+#	listen 80;
+#	listen [::]:80;
+#
+#	server_name example.com;
+#
+#	root /var/www/example.com;
+#	index index.html;
+#
+#	location / {
+#		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+#	}
+#}
+
+server {
+    if ($host = www.big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz) {
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    } # managed by Certbot
+
+
+    if ($host = big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz) {
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    } # managed by Certbot
+
+
+	listen 80 default_server;
+	listen [::]:80 default_server;
+
+	server_name big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz www.big-owls-knock-hungrily.st.a.dcdg.xyz;
+    return 404; # managed by Certbot
+}