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Hide Server Version in Nginx on Ubuntu VPS

Category: Security

Hide Nginx version—a security tweak—on an Ubuntu VPS—edit /etc/nginx/nginx conf:
server_tokens off;
reload:
nginx -s reload
On Vultr test with
curl -I http://ip
—expect no version Ensures security—obscures phpMyAdmin server details in VPS hosting from attackers

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