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+##############################################################################                                                                
+#       _  __     _                                                          #
+#      / |/ /__ _(_)__ __ __                                                 #
+#     /    / _ `/ / _ \\ \ /                                                 #
+#    /_/|_/\_, /_/_//_/_\_\                                                  #
+#       __/___/      __   ___       __     ___  __         __                #
+#      / _ )___ ____/ /  / _ )___  / /_   / _ )/ /__  ____/ /_____ ____      #
+#     / _  / _ `/ _  /  / _  / _ \/ __/  / _  / / _ \/ __/  '_/ -_) __/      #
+#    /____/\_,_/\_,_/  /____/\___/\__/  /____/_/\___/\__/_/\_\\__/_/         #
+#                                                                            #
+##############################################################################                                                                
+
+# Version 1.1
+# ! new directives also to be added to include_filelist.txt ! #
+
+server_names_hash_bucket_size 256;
+server_names_hash_max_size 4096;
+variables_hash_max_size 4096;
+variables_hash_bucket_size 4096;
+limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=flood:50m rate=90r/s;
+limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=addr:50m;
+
+# ****************************************************************************
+# NOTE: IF you are using a system like Nginx-Proxy from @JWilder
+# ****************************************************************************
+# Repo URL: https://github.com/jwilder/nginx-proxy
+# You will need to comment out the first line here as follows. 
+#     #server_names_hash_bucket_size 128;
+# You will also need to modify the nginx.tmpl file to add the default include
+#     include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*
+# ****************************************************************************