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+local nginxRootConfigDir, nginxSiteConfigsDir, nginxLogDir, nginxPidDir, nginxUser = ...
+
+%>
+
+# NOTE: this is a manually modified version of /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+# on an ubuntu (pop-os) linux machine.
+
+
+user <%=nginxUser%> <%=nginxUser%>;
+worker_processes auto;
+pid <%=nginxPidDir%>/nginx.pid;
+error_log <%=nginxLogDir%>/error.log;
+# Entirely untested, uncomment if modules are needed
+# include <%=nginxRootConfigDir%>/modules/*.conf;
+
+events {
+	# how was this calculated?
+	worker_connections 768;
+	# multi_accept on;
+}
+
+http {
+
+	##
+	# Basic Settings
+	##
+
+	sendfile on;
+	tcp_nopush on;
+	types_hash_max_size 2048;
+	# server_tokens off;
+
+	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
+	# server_name_in_redirect off;
+
+	include <%=nginxRootConfigDir%>/mime.types;
+	default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+	##
+	# SSL Settings
+	##
+
+	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
+	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+
+	##
+	# Logging Settings
+	##
+
+	access_log <%=nginxLogDir%>/access.log;
+
+	##
+	# Gzip Settings
+	##
+
+	gzip on;
+
+	# gzip_vary on;
+	# gzip_proxied any;
+	# gzip_comp_level 6;
+	# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
+	# gzip_http_version 1.1;
+	# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
+
+	##
+	# Virtual Host Configs
+	##
+
+	include <%=nginxSiteConfigsDir%>/*.conf;
+}
+
+<%