laravel.conf

server {
    root /var/www/cms.example.com/public;

    # Subdomain
    server_name cms.example.com; 
    # Main Domain
    # server_name example.com www.example.com;

    # HTTPS Redirect
    # proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    # if ($http_x_forwarded_proto != 'https'){
    #   return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    # }

    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";

    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    charset utf-8;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;

        # Restrict access via HtPasswd
        # auth_basic "Restricted Content";
        # auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
    }

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    error_page 404 /index.php;

    # REQUIREMENTS : Enable PHP 7.4 Support
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
        deny all;
    }

    # PERFORMANCE : Set expires headers for static files and turn off logging.
    location ~* ^.+\.(js|css|swf|xml|txt|ogg|ogv|svg|svgz|eot|otf|woff|mp4|ttf|rss|atom|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|doc|xls|exe|ppt|tar|mid|midi|wav|bmp|rtf)$ {
        access_log off; 
        log_not_found off; 
        expires 30d;
    }
    
    # Appended & Managed by Certbot Script (Optional)
    # Remove if you want to serve on HTTP
    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/cms.example.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/cms.example.com/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

}

# Appended & Managed by Certbot Script (Optional)
# Remove if you want to serve on HTTP
# Ref: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-18-04
server {
    if ($host = cms.example.com) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    } # managed by Certbot

    server_name cms.example.com;
    listen 80;
    return 404; # managed by Certbot
}