diff --git a/infra/deployment/config/nginx.conf b/infra/deployment/config/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..638cc17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/deployment/config/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+user www-data;
+worker_processes auto;
+pid /run/nginx.pid;
+
+events {
+	worker_connections 768;
+	# multi_accept on;
+}
+
+http {
+
+	##
+	# Basic Settings
+	##
+
+	sendfile on;
+	tcp_nopush on;
+	tcp_nodelay on;
+	keepalive_timeout 65;
+	types_hash_max_size 2048;
+	# server_tokens off;
+
+	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
+	# server_name_in_redirect off;
+
+	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+	default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+	##
+	# SSL Settings
+	##
+
+	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
+	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+
+	##
+	# Logging Settings
+	##
+
+	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+	error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+
+	##
+	# Gzip Settings
+	##
+
+	gzip on;
+	gzip_disable "msie6";
+
+	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;
+  gzip_min_length 512;
+
+	##
+	# Virtual Host Configs
+	##
+
+	include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+	include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
+}
diff --git a/infra/deployment/frontend.yml b/infra/deployment/frontend.yml
index b50d0856..36a78099 100644
--- a/infra/deployment/frontend.yml
+++ b/infra/deployment/frontend.yml
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@
         path: /var/log/nginx
         state: directory
 
-    - name: Copy the nginx config
+    - name: Copy the site config
       become: yes
       copy:
         src: config/xsnexplorer.io
         dest: /etc/nginx/sites-available/xsnexplorer
 
+    - name: Copy the nginx config
+      become: yes
+      copy:
+        src: config/nginx.conf
+        dest: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+
     - name: Copy the ssl certificate chain
       become: yes
       copy: