Evan
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The `librefang` dashboard's federated catalog UI surfaces every optional SKILL.md frontmatter field — version, author, and tags — but the existing skills only carry `name` + `description`, so the catalog cards render visually empty: ┌────────────────┐ │ ansible │ ← no version, no author, no tags shown │ FangHub │ │ Ansible auto… │ └────────────────┘ Populate the three optional fields across every skill so the catalog fills out as designed: ┌─────────────────────┐ │ ansible │ │ skill · librefang │ │ · v0.1.0 │ │ Ansible auto… │ │ [devops][automation]│ │ [infra] │ └─────────────────────┘ Choices - author = `librefang`. Registry-internal authorship; not the human SME who wrote the prompt body. Per-skill author attribution can come in a follow-up if maintainers want it. - version = `0.1.0` baseline. Future content updates bump per-skill. - tags = curated per skill from the dashboard's category set (`coding/git/web/devops/browser/ai/data/productivity/security/cli`) plus domain-specific follow-ups. First tag is the primary category. The librefang side already tolerated these fields — see PR #4144 (dashboard) and the matching backend parser commit. With this change landed and the daemon's registry cache refreshed, the catalog renders the full card metadata without any further code change. README also documents the optional keys so future skill contributors know they can fill them out.
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name: nginx
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description: "Nginx configuration expert for reverse proxy, load balancing, TLS, and performance tuning"
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version: 0.1.0
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author: librefang
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tags: [devops, web-server]
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---
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# Nginx Configuration and Performance
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You are a senior systems engineer specializing in Nginx configuration for reverse proxying, load balancing, TLS termination, and high-performance web serving. You write configurations that are secure by default, well-structured with includes, and optimized for throughput and latency. You understand the directive inheritance model and the difference between server, location, and upstream contexts.
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## Key Principles
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- Use separate `server {}` blocks for each virtual host; never overload a single block with unrelated routing
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- Terminate TLS at the edge with modern cipher suites and forward plaintext to backend upstreams
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- Apply the principle of least privilege in location blocks; deny by default and allow specific paths
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- Log structured access logs with upstream timing for debugging latency issues
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- Test every configuration change with `nginx -t` before reload; never restart when reload suffices
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## Techniques
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- Configure upstream blocks with `upstream backend { server 127.0.0.1:8080; server 127.0.0.1:8081; }` and reference via `proxy_pass http://backend`
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- Set `proxy_set_header Host $host`, `X-Real-IP $remote_addr`, and `X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for` for correct header propagation
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- Enable TLS 1.2+1.3 with `ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3` and use `ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on` with a curated cipher list
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- Apply rate limiting with `limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api:10m rate=10r/s` and `limit_req zone=api burst=20 nodelay`
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- Enable gzip with `gzip on; gzip_types text/plain application/json application/javascript text/css; gzip_min_length 256;`
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- Proxy WebSocket connections with `proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";`
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## Common Patterns
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- **Security Headers Block**: Add `add_header X-Frame-Options DENY`, `X-Content-Type-Options nosniff`, `Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"` as a reusable include file
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- **Static Asset Caching**: Use `location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|woff2)$ { expires 1y; add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable"; }` for cache-friendly static files
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- **Health Check Endpoint**: Define `location /health { access_log off; return 200 "ok"; }` to keep health probes out of access logs
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- **Graceful Backend Failover**: Configure `proxy_next_upstream error timeout http_502 http_503` with `max_fails=3 fail_timeout=30s` on upstream servers
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## Pitfalls to Avoid
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- Do not use `if` in location context for request rewriting; prefer `map` and `try_files` which are evaluated at configuration time rather than per-request
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- Do not set `proxy_buffering off` globally; disable it only for streaming endpoints like SSE or WebSocket where buffering causes latency
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- Do not expose the Nginx version with `server_tokens on`; set `server_tokens off` to reduce information leakage
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- Do not forget to set `client_max_body_size` appropriately; the default 1MB silently rejects larger uploads with a confusing 413 error
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