For starter nginx's configuration, the h5bp nginx config [1] is pretty awesome, e.g. sending correct mime types, protecting hidden files, cross domain webfont,

For starter nginx's configuration, the h5bp nginx config [1] is pretty awesome, e.g. sending correct mime types, protecting hidden files, cross domain webfont, expires, gzip, server tunings all included. [1] https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs/tree/master/nginx https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs/tree/master/nginx